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road will almost invariably cause this disease, the speed 

 has little to do with it. The pastern of an affected foot 

 is more upright than usual, the hoof upright and con- 

 cave and the heels often strong. Pointing in the stable, 

 favoring of the limb affected, shortening of the stride, ' 

 with a stilty stubby gait. If one notices a horse affected 

 with this disease driven on the street, which is later on 

 stopped and tied, the animal will be noticed to paw 

 slightly with the affected foot, in fact is really hunting a 

 comfortable spot on which to rest the foot so as to allow 

 the coffin joint to be flexed, he may even rest the heel 

 on a stone. If both feet are affected the gait is very 

 short, he paddles, stubs the toes, and if the pain is severe 

 will lie down the greater part of the time when in the 

 stable; as a result the muscles of the whole limb may 

 waste, thus giving rise to the condition termed ' ' chest 

 founder, ' ' the hoof and coronet will also be narrower than 

 usual. 



Treatment — Give rest, blister the coronet and turn on 

 a soft pasture; if not cured get your veterinarian to put- 

 in a frog seton, and if that fails, have him nerve the 

 animal, after which operation the feet will need daily 

 watching and care, although enabled to work without 

 lameness for a year or two after the operation. Have 

 the feet pared so as to throw slightly forward on the toe, 

 and apply a wide webbed shoe with a roll to the toe. 



Pricks in shoeing are not as common as they used to be, 

 the shoeing smiths being more careful than heretofore 

 and as a result of the various horseshoers' associations 

 are studying the anatomy and physiology of the feet. 

 The cause may be, driving nails too close or in the wrong 



