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him, but could find nothing wrong, and remounted, but had 
ridden only a few yards when the horse showed marked lame¬ 
ness on the near hind leg, so much so that it took all the help 
available to bring him back from the track to the stable, when 
a veterinarian near by was called, who seemed to think it a 
sprain of the suspensory ligament and flexor tendons, and 
advised cold applications. During the afternoon and night 
horse was very uneasy, lying down and in continual pain. 
When standing would keep lifting the near hind leg up and 
down. Cold applications were continued with no results, and 
another veterinarian was called to see the case, who, being un¬ 
decided about the certainty of his diagnosis, advised that 
Dr. Coates, of this hospital, be called, and he went to see the 
horse on .October the 17th, and diagnosed the case a fracture of 
the os suffraginus, and advised that the horse be sent to the 
hospital, where a splint could be applied and the animal be 
placed in slings. The horse was brought here in a van on 
October 18, very lame, hardly touching the ground with the 
near hind foot; the inner side of the coronet was noticeably 
thickened, hot and very painful. Upon manipulation crepitus 
over the region of the os suffraginus could easily be felt. 
The leg was bandaged from the foot to above the fetlock, a 
thick leather splint moulded over it, firmly bandaged, and the 
horse put in slings, which seemed to worry him a great deal 
and caused him so much uneasiness, that it was thought advis¬ 
able to take him out of them and put him in a box-stall, where 
he would lie down most of the time, standing only a short while 
during the day, and then as if in great pain. On the 21st the ban¬ 
dage, which had become somewhat loosened, was renewed; 
the animal seemed to be resting somewhat easier, until the 26th, 
when the bandage, which had become 
displaced from the continual uneasi¬ 
ness of the horse, was replaced by a 
new felt splint moulded over the fet¬ 
lock and coronet. In the meantime 
pain was continuous, animal very un¬ 
easy and appetite poor, so much so that 
on the 28th he refused to eat at all, 
and on Nov. 1st died. 
Post-mortem .—Examination of the leg showed the os suffra- 
Spnus fractured perpendicularly, the outer portion of which 
was again fractured into four pieces. Quite a thick bony de¬ 
posit had been formed around the whole of the anterior and 
