Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery . Fig. lo. Fie. The Canter. will be the strain on the check ligament. If we raise the heel bycalkins, or by thick^heeled shoes, we shall thereby shorten thedistance through which the heel falls, and shall, consequentlydiminish the liability to sprain. Practical experience teaches theadvisability of doing this. It also proves that sprains of this liga-ment are more apt to occur going up hill, in draught, than on levelground; and that they hardly, if ever, happen going down hill,which is a mode of progression that th
Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery . Fig. lo. Fie. The Canter. will be the strain on the check ligament. If we raise the heel bycalkins, or by thick^heeled shoes, we shall thereby shorten thedistance through which the heel falls, and shall, consequentlydiminish the liability to sprain. Practical experience teaches theadvisability of doing this. It also proves that sprains of this liga-ment are more apt to occur going up hill, in draught, than on levelground; and that they hardly, if ever, happen going down hill,which is a mode of progression that throws particularly severestrain on the suspensory ligaments, 40 SPRAINS. The foregoing remarks on the manner in which this ligamentbecomes sprained at a walk in heavy draught would, I submit, leadus to the conclusion that when this accident occurs at a fast pace,it must do so by reason of a jerk caused by the toe coming on theground at a moment when the heel is unsupported; for instance,when the horse puts his toe on a stone or small mound of hardenedearth. Sprain of the check ligament const
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