SORES ON HORSES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18799, 28 August 1924, Page 13

SORES ON HORSES.

PREVENTION AND CURE. Girt'h galling is one of the commonest complaints among station horses. Tho anatomy of the animal itself is largely responsible for this result. Horses with K hort hacks and very round rib are more liable than others. The rolled leather girth, which can bo kept soft and-supple hv an occasional application oi oil or rat inside the roll, is the best form of girth for these unfortunates. The surcingle should be loose, as well as the girtb. Soms employ a small piece of sheepskin around the jrirth to come in contact with the tender part behind the elbow. Various hardening substances are used for application to a raw wound of this description. Salt and water form as good a dressing as any, but it is easier and more effective to prevent this class of injury than to cure it v/hen once begun. Sore hacks are fur too frequently an index ul inefficient horse-mastership, not horsemuneh'p. Men who ride too ' short and 101 l about too much in the saddle cause many » sore back. The best cure is to take this of injury in time, and give th 9 an;mal n spell at once. The man who fancies himself an expert at curing a soro hack while the animal is' being ridden daily is born not made. For curing » Bore back quickly all manner oi bush remedies ajre in vogue the oasis of all of which is salt. A few crystals of permanganate of potash in ;water, ordinary Condy's fluid of middhng strength, is effective, and takes up room in carrying about.