SPRAIN OF THE BACK SINEWS. 803 
silly as may be their amusements, are no niggards. If they occasionally 
injure a horse, they will spare no expense that can aid its restoration ; 
and a summer’s rest may not be thrown away upon the favorite which 
has met with such a mishap. However, the mark will remain for life— 
an obvious swelling will, during existence, denote the place where clap 
occurred to the back sinews. 
SPRAIN OF THE BACK SINEWS. 
Sprain of the back sinews of the hind legs is very general among ani- 
mals which have to perform slow work upon hilly roads. People in the 
carrier trade can afford to bestow small attention upon 
the lameness which does not incapacitate. Every jour- 
ney, however, aggravates the disease. The horse works 
on till his owner is told by the blacksmith the animal’s 
legs are contracting, and higher calkins are given as 
a cure. 
At length, however, calkins become of no use. The 
work continues, and the disease progresses. The posi- 
tion of the foot is now so altered, that the smith dis- 
covers his office is unable to render the animal useful. 
Perhaps these circumstances would little affect the 
owner, but the horse evidently loses power. At first it |, MN" UM Dee 
is longer on the road. The passengers grumble at the oa 
delay, (for country carriers reap no little profit by car- — of the hind 
rying passengers ;) and the driver, flog as he may, can 
oblige the horse to move no faster. Excessive beating is apt to provoke 
pity; and every word of pity which is lavished on the evidently eager 
animal is distasteful to the carrier, who vents his anger 
upon the wretched cause of all ‘this rumpus.” 
At last the horse cannot guide the cart down hill, 
even when lightly loaded. Assistance is at first pro- 
cured ; but very soon the assistant has to do all the labor. 
The proprietor cannot imagine what ails his horse; it 
keeps getting worse and worse. He takes the animal 
to a farrier. Remedies—oils and blisters—are applied 
to no effect. A veterinary surgeon is consulted, and 
the master learns that the only hope left him lies in 
division of the tendons of the hind leg.—(See oper- ous suns resurr oF 
‘ CONTINUED WORK AF- 
ation.) TER STRAIN OF THE 
When a cart-horse’s heel heightens, always attend to 9 *°¥ 7#NPONS. 
the back sinews. Feel them gently, to discover if one place is more 
HIGH CALKINS. 
