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FALSE QUAETER. 



When the coronary ligament has become diseased or in- 

 jured from any of the foregoing diseases, that quarter secretes 

 a soft, weak, and porous horn ; sometimes the continuity 

 becomes lost, and a crack or fissure divides the sound from 

 the unsound crust. This is false quarter. 



Symptoms. — It is easily recognised ; the quarter is gener- 

 ally deformed more or less. The effects of disease in the 

 coronet are evident, from the rough soft crust which grows 

 down. It must evidently weaken the foot, and renders the 

 horse unfit for anything but slow work. 



Treatment. — It is incurable ; but most cases will be palli- 

 ated by dressing the crack, if such exist, as recommended in 

 sand-crack, and using a bar-shoe, so as to remove the weight 

 entirely ofi" the weak quarter, and keeping the foot regularly 

 dressed with hoof-ointment. The only benefit we can look 

 for in the treatment of false quarter is in the restoration of 

 continuity in the wall. The rest is dependent on care in 

 shoeing. 



SAND-CEACK. 



Sand-crack consists in a crack or separation of the fibres 

 of the hoof, in a longitudinal direction. It is most common 

 in the fore-feet, though it also occurs in the hind ones. 

 Whatever tends to interrupt the continuity of the crust may 

 produce it. It often accompanies false quarter, but most 

 commonly occurs independently of previous injury or disease 

 of the coronet, arising from brittleness of the hoof, the 

 liability to split being frequently increased by the too free 

 use of the rasp. 



Symptoms. — It occurs generally on the inside quarter of 

 the fore-feet, but is also seen in front and on the outer 

 quarter. On the hind-feet it is more often seen in front. 

 It may be simply a slight crack, without penetrating the en- 



