A CASE OF FRACTURE OF THE OS SUFFRAGINIS. 
By Mr. B. B. Feuraby, V.S., Bourn, Lincolnshire . 
Should you deem this account of a comminuted fracture of 
the os suffraginis worthy a nook in your valuable Periodical, you 
will favour me by giving it a place. On Tuesday, the 2d of this 
month, I was summoned to Burghley, the seat of the Marquis 
of Exeter, to examine a horse called Sir Robert, and which had 
that morning received an accident whilst leading a gallop for 
some younger racers. On entering his box I found his pulse 
hurried, his off fore foot flexed, and he being in a profuse 
state of perspiration. I proceeded to examine the limb, ahd 
at once detected a crepitus. On further examination, I found 
it to be a comminuted fracture of the os suffraginis, and 
a partial dislocation of its lower head from the os coronse. 
Taking into consideration the serious extent of injury, and the 
horse being now a gelding, I advised his lordship to have him 
shot. He immediately complied, and, on examining the parts 
after death, I was well satisfied with my decision. 
I have, in my practice, seen many cases of this nature in some 
bones, such as the metacarpal, femur, &c. ; but this, in my opi- 
nion, is a case of the greatest singularity, taking into consider- 
ation the shortness of the bone, and the lad who rode the horse 
weighing but eight stones, and the turf on which he was gallop- 
ping being perfectly flat. 
ON SORE SHINS IN HORSES. 
By Mr. J. R. Atcherley, Bridgnorth. 
Many years of practical knowledge in the treatment and 
training of horses have induced me to inquire into the nature and 
consequences of what is vulgarly denominated sore shins, and 
to arrest the attention of owners and trainers of race-horses to 
the importance of the disease. I regret to say that it has hitherto 
been neglected, or, at least, has been regarded as an affection of 
too trifling a nature to warrant a serious and distinct considera- 
tion ; but, as it is a disease of insidious origin, and one which 
too often disappoints the expectations of confiding owners, and 
implicates the future character both of the horse and the trainer, 
