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but is often a characteristic of disease. A small and up o 
hoof is a morbid structure. White hoofs are to be .eyed with 
suspicion for they are really weaker and more ia _ 
than the black ones. Now look if it is con iac ec , > 
circular form destroyed by narrowness o , g 
A good hoof is circular in the trcad > ™ tTtob2. 
measuring as much from side to side, as smooth and 
The wall of the hoof should at all ifaes be perfectly 
free from ridges, and of ! a shiny (] | es wit h the 
The proper obliquity is an materially less, the shoe is 
plane of the shoe. If the ., a "f‘ an „ le exceeds it the foot is con- 
hat, or perhaps concave ; if the a pliable and 
tracted . The jrog. The heah ^ “ .LeU" the frog matter 
elastic. Should * lie re if ^ , m v peoples considered of 
exudes, there is thrush Thru^ . f there is puru i e nt 
htte im^riancebutitrau^tion and wh eve there is inflamma- 
matter there must be infl a horse with thrush steps on to a 
bon, there is pam, so tha , . to the sudden twinge that 
stone he is liable to Ml the ruin of the knees. It 
occurs!) to the pen o thrush is a serious objection 
must therefore be admitted tha ^ ^ fche sub j eCt 
especially in a riding hors - . - t j s i nc lined to be con- 
of close inspection : m its hca . hee | Si an d extraordinary 
cave, but if in connection wi f n ternal contraction. If the 
concavity is present it is a sign during exertion, 
sole is unusually thick, and ' ^. diminished." If the sole is less 
the elasticity of the foot must bed i thfl {oot is weak, 
concave than natural, or approa n w m now proeeed to 
Having now finished the fore ' \ annel , In this limb the 
examine the hind limb in a ? , llwaV s undergo a most rigid 
chief joint is the hock, ant 8 ' s tructure and the wor - 1 
examination, as from its compbcrtted 8tr , nI ne cases 
has to perform it is the seat of ^ « me wh<)!e „f the evening to 
out of ten, and it would take m . jf t hafc joint, and I shal 
describe minutely the ditlerent 6 ' eese * me The first thing to 
therefore deal very briefly Xhere are two kinds of 
look f„r in the hock joint w «£.'“• the latter can generally be 
spavins, bone spavin and >°o s P‘ S j nC jpient stage can y 
easily detected, but bone spavin » used to examin- 
fonnd by experienced bnrtrttom , ^ that if two veterinary 
lug hocks frequently, an oat n f a hundred w ’ 
surgeons disagree it is in y 1 . ft r looking for s P v '! n ; ’ y H vi ,g 
horse has or has not spavin , ^ urbs , au d old strains. Having 
look for thorough pin «*PH h ^“ e the shank boneaand^. ~ 
finished the hock, proeeed _ i; m b. Having" 0 ' ,ni1 ^ 1 . . 
tendons the same as in the ° f t he hea 
side of the horse return to the on 
V j 4. 
i,id examine tu 
