io6 CAUSES OF UNSOUNDNESS. 



recognized by the offensive odour, and suppuration 

 within the cleft of the frog. It is a disease that is 

 gradual in its onset, and the writer makes a practice 

 of rejecting horses affected with it, or else advis- 

 ing the owner to present the animal again for 

 examination after it has been cured of the com- 

 plaint. As a rule, sellers object to their horses 

 being rejected for what they regard as a very trifling 

 matter ; but, still, it is not right for a buyer to have 

 to treat a horse directly it comes into his possession. 

 If a horse be warranted as sound, and the vendee 

 finds it has a thrush on dehvery, the writer's opinion 

 is that he has sufficient grounds for returning 

 it. 



Separation of the Wall. 



The wall and the sole may be separated to some 

 extent through disease undermining the wall at 

 its junction with the sole. If so, the hoof emits a 

 hollow sound when tapped with a hammer. The 

 seedy or mealy condition of the horn is a most 

 serious detriment, and causes a lot of trouble to 

 the shoeing-smith, because the nails do not grip the 

 wall of the hoof as in one which is normal. 



Keratoma. 



By this we mean the growth of a homy tumour 



