CLASPS AND TOE-CRACKS. 
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CLASPS AND TOE-CRACKS. 
Everyone knows how troublesome toe-cracks or qnarter- 
cracks are, and also how nnmerons are the means of a palliative 
nature that are recommended. Everyone has tried them all— 
the band, the strap, the barring with nails, the Vachette clasps, 
A—The two halves of the clasp. B—Screw to hold the halves together. C—Cautery 
to groove and notch the wall on each side of toe-crack. D—Front view of hoof with 
clasp in position. E—Lateral view of hoof with clasp in position. 
etc.,—and it may be difficult to say which offers the greatest 
advantage. A new mode of treatment was presented the other 
day by Manourcat, which is now claiming superiority. It is 
still a clasp and consists of two little metallic bands, about 2 
