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serious of all. Next to this is thickening of the suspensory, then thicken¬ 
ing of the perforans and lastly of the perforatns. 
‘ ‘ Buckshms, ” or “ bucked shins. ’ ’—This is a condition that one might 
say is entirely confined to race-horses, and being a diffused periostitis we 
often find exostosis involving the lower and anterior extremity of the 
metacarpal bone. Tameness is as a rule only present in the acute stage. 
Sometimes, however, the exostoses encroaching upon and involving the 
synovial membrane of the fetlock joint, producing more or less perman¬ 
ent lameness. These lower exostoses are known in racing parlance as 
osselets. The race-horses affected with them should be considered un¬ 
sound, more especially if the animal is under four years old. In aged 
horses where there is no lameness associated with their presence, I think 
they may be overlooked. 
Sprung Knees, on account of limiting the animal’s usefulness and on 
account of detracting markedly from the appearance of the animal, be¬ 
sides having a tendency to cause stumbling, should be regarded as un¬ 
sound. I am aware of the fact that there are horses with badly sprung 
knees who give the utmost satisfaction in the work which they are 
required to do. Horses having an oblique shoulder blade wfith sprung 
knees do not usually stumble and in passing on the seriousness of the 
condition the conformation of the shoulder should always be considered. 
I hold, however, that the usefulness of an animal having sprung knees 
is markedly interfered with and is a condition often associated with 
disease of other parts, and as such animals frequently stumble they 
should be rejected. 
Scars of Neurotomy. —In examining the region of the canon it is un¬ 
necessary for me to say that scars resulting from an operation of neurec¬ 
tomy are sufficient cause to reject the animal. 
Firing. —The marks of a firing iron are not neccessarily an evidence 
of unsoundness. For instance, an animal may have been fired for what 
was supposed to be splint lameness, when perhaps the lameness might 
not have been located at that point, or the animal might have been fired 
for a supposed tendon trouble. Should we find on examining such an 
animal that there is no lesion of tendon, ligamentous or osseous struc¬ 
tures and the prospective purchaser does not object to the scars made b}^ 
the iron we should consider the region sound. 
Interfermg between the knee and fetlock should be regarded as un¬ 
soundness. Of course in arriving at such a conclusion we should take 
into consideration the general conformation of the fore limbs. Animals 
which toe out and stand base narrow are most prone to this trouble. 
The condition is still more aggravated if the chest is narrow. Horses 
with such conformation should be rejected in every instance. 
DISCUSSION. 
Dr. Haivley : I wish to make a remark on one point in regard to in¬ 
terfering. I think I can state positively" that about eight out of ten 
horses that come from the country to the city that have never been shod 
behind will interfere with the first pair of shoes. If you were to con¬ 
demn all horses that interfere you would have to condemn eight out of 
ten of these cases. 
Dr. Hughes: Interfering as I dealt with it covers interfering between 
the fetlock and knee only—hitting the shin. 
