The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-04-15
The Brightest Paper in this Section.
LIVE STOCK MATTERS.
some REMEDIES FOR INTERFERING
FEET IN HORSES.

What the Veterinary Writers Say About
It-Their knowledge Not Too Exten.
sive- Young Horses Interfere when
They Are Tired and Out of Condition.
In turning to our text books we find in
this, as in many other cases, only the
most meager notices, under such heads
as brushing and cutting, ETC., e. e.: In
Professor Williams in many respects ex-
cellent work on veterinary surgery he
disnisses the subject with the following:
Brushing or cutting is caused by the
shoe of one foot striking against the fet-
lock. Generally it is the hind limbs
that suffer, but not always.
Young horses out of condition often
do this when they are tired and ex-
hausted. They must be shod with pre-
ventive shoes. When horses have been
sharpened during a frost they are very
apt to tread themselves, and sometimes
very severely, causing extreme lameness.
Older writer's like Youatt have gone a
little farther, and describe it under the
head of cutting. He says: "rhe inside
Of the fetlock is often bruised by the
shoe or the hoof Of the opposite foot.
Many expedients used to be tried to re-
move this. The inside heel has been
raised and lowered, and the outside
raised and lowered, and sometimes one
operation has succeeded and sometimes
the contrary, and there was no point so
involved in obscurity or so destitute of
principles to guide the practitioner.
THE most successful remedy, and
that which in the majority of cases SUI
persedes all others. is TO put on a shoe of
equal thickness from heel to toe, and
having but one nail, and that near the
toe on the inside Of the shoe. care being
taken that the shoe will not extend be-
yond the edge of the crust, and that the
crust shall be rasped a little at the quar-
tiers" He then continues: There are
some defects, however. in the natural
form which are the causes of cutting,
and which no conhivance will remedy
as when the legs are placed too near to
each other, or when the feet are turned
inward or outward
"A horse with these defects should be
carefully examined at the inside of the
fetlock. and if there are any sore or
callous places there viii be a good rea-
son for not purchasing the animal
Some horses viii cut only when they
are fatigued, or lame and old. Many
colts VIII cut before they arrive at their
full strength"
Professor Dick says: Cutting, brush
ing, interfering are said to take place
when the one foot strikes and wounds
the opposite fetlock, and they usually
occur in young and 5imid horses with i'll
formed legs. The habit requires either
a particular form Of shoe, with which
the shoeing smith is familiar, or so put
ting en- the shoe that the crust viii pro-
ject beyond it. A boot is sometimes re-
quired
One Of the most frequent causes is
when a defect of the hoof brings the
ankle over the inside heel: it is then
placed. when advanced too much, in
front of the other foot; this will be ag-
gravated if this other on being advanced
has a twisted gait. either from weakness.
or defective organization or function.
as a study This subject has features Of
significant scientific interest. 1t belongs
10 the domain Of faI1iery. where there Is
much TO be learned before the treasures
it contains are revealed to us.-Horse
Breeder