Show to locate in a horse in examining a cao of lameness wo should if aoi ible birst soo alib borso in tins stable and willious willi out disturbing hira lie points a foot and in what lurli cular manner ho so favors it U c should hinc linn led from tho stable and strolled trolled gently in dmd on i hard road or pavement giving him his licad ill alio time having thus aicer what leg lio is 1 finiol nu n u o alto ilia proceed to discover altu actual scat of the for this linger and thumb should bo down alio leg from alie knee to the foot toa it tharo be any undue heat or enlargement or froni pressure wu should also feel fully the trout and side of tho pat term as well as round alio llio coronet if n splint be the cause of the giorc will evince pain when it is pressed and so likewise will lio in lesions of tho sinews supposing that we have found no sufficient cause of lameness above wo must bov conr attention to the feet in nearly every case unless alio mischief should ba very clearly exhibited it would bo advisable to alioe the foot should llian be pauch out to ascertain if be any wound or bruise in it the nail holes should be carefully examined and pressed with pincers or gently struck with a hammer to discover any symptoms of tenderness tho heels ot the solo should bo aired down and tho part parts s struck gently with a hammer aliis is preferable to pressing the bir and crust with tho pincers as is usually done for chis often pro luces pain in somo feet when there is no dis casu ana fails in can iiii pain when is a deap sc atad corn after paring awhile alio llio smith will very probably say is no corn but wo must not lie until we have pared almost to tins quick if alio horse bo very lame from a corn lie will almost al ays favor tho toot but in so doin ho will nol however his limb out straight to its full length but will the heel without extending tho foot very far which will g ne a knuckling appearance to the limb should none of thesa symptom be exhibited we must con nidar tho dis cajio to ba and then it is ill important alio llio animal points his foot for if such is the case ill all probability the cause 0 lameness exists in tho jointe aup it wa a foro ool w acm ox it will seldom bo to go through these various manipulations seriatim BeriA tim wo kiy sometimes c upon alic seat of lameness at and detect it adar a bic but thard i e caos eliat will damand our annl and will anit to a su evcic tt sf the talents and tact even of the moil skilled aiau riau horses a slight being eliod thoi igli sound before liidi anea may afisu from tho shoo being nailed on too liblit aind arc often relieved by removing and ic it anorij gently this lameness most occurs in horses with very iliin horn anil 13 ascertained by alio manner in which il comes on and tho absence ol 01 any other visible c iines the shoo in sucha caie may also have an bearing pressing severely on or on tho sole or heels or the heels or sole may havo been pared too audi or unevenly unaccustomed to horses will more frequently pronounce unco laj wron limb llian alio right in caich of lameness tho cabiso of their blunders may then bo caddy explained they perceive that a borso aroos tho ono foot chines to alio ground and alicy immediately conclude conc ludo aliat liat clial bo alic lamo onu fancying aliat ho drops from alio llio anin ived it meets the ground whereas alic fact s lis a tightly as lie can on aliu laime buil iid dt ars his whole weigh loa tho sound one 1 J |