The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . e. The middlewedgebone / rests en-tirely upon the shank-bone, and the smallerwedge-bone (not seen inthe cut) presses in a veryslight degree on theshank-bone, but princi-pally or almost entirelyon the inner splint-bone. Then the splint-bone sustains a very un-equal degre
The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . e. The middlewedgebone / rests en-tirely upon the shank-bone, and the smallerwedge-bone (not seen inthe cut) presses in a veryslight degree on theshank-bone, but princi-pally or almost entirelyon the inner splint-bone. Then the splint-bone sustains a very un-equal degree of concus-sion and weight. Notonly is the inner oneplaced more under thebody, and nearer thecenter of gravity, but ithas almost the whole ofthe weight and concus-sion communicated tothe smaller cuneiformbone carried on to it. Itis not, therefore, to bewondered at that, inthe violent action of this joint in galloping, leaping, heavj draught,and especially in young horses, and before the limbs have becomeproperly knit, the inner splint-bone, or its ligaments, or the sub-stance which connects it with the shank-bone, should suffer injury. Different views of the bones of the hock can be seen moreclearly by referring to Figs. 644, 64-5, in the first part of thischapter. Also Figs. 648-651 show the various changes of struct-. FiG. 647.—Bones of the hock enlarged. ^()0 J)JSEA8ES AND THBIE TEEATMENT. ures produced. Figs. 048, 649 were copied from two interestingspecimens loane<,l the writer by Froi. Cressy, of Hartford, Ct. The causes of spavinare numerous—alterediDcaring, predispositionfrom conformation ormal-conformatiou ofthe hmb, but proceed-ing mainly fiom hardwork, sprains, or anycause which excites in-fl am m ation of thispart. But the mostcommon cause lies inthe breeding of horses,as very often a colt isbred from a spavinedsire or dam, or both,when the colt is sure toinherit the same defect.
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