Cause.—Battering the foot upon hard roads.
Symptoms.—Of little consequence in heavy horses unless accompanied with ring-bone. The disease causes lameness in light horses used for fast work.
Treatment.—Rest; liberal food; and small blisters to the foot immediately above the sides of the hoof.
OVERREACH.
Cause.—When a good stepper is very tired, this accident sometimes happens—the coronet of the fore foot upon the outer side being severely wounded by the inside of the hind shoe.
Symptom.—A severe wound and a large slough, probably followed by a false quarter.
Treatment.—Feed liberally, and bathe the injury thrice daily with the chloride of zinc lotion, one grain to the ounce of water.
PARROT-MOUTH.
Cause.—Natural malformation.
Symptoms.—Projecting upper teeth; an inability to graze or to clean out the manger.