SINGULAR OPERATION ON A HORSE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 859, 17 August 1888, Page 19

SINGULAR OPERATION ON A HORSE.

The other day James L. Goldsmith, tho well-known horseman, arrived to take charge of his crack trotter, Domestic, which has been in Detroit ever since the summer meet* ing of the Detroit Driving Club, under the care of a veterinary surgeon. The race in which Domestic took part was the celebrated 2.25 trot, which created more of a sensation than any race ever started in this city. It was in this contest that the discovery was made of an alleged ring said to have for its object one of the boldest and most andaoions attempts to ‘fix’ a race ever oonoeived in this country. The fixers had it arranged to win nearly 60,000ciols, it is said, when Judge Campan aroused the threats of the ‘ gang ? by making an attempt to put the horses s> through on their merits. Seven hard-fought heats were trotted Id the race. The last heat was a serious one for Domestic. He cooled off too quickly, and before the race was finished was sick from tho effects of influenza; He was left at Hamtramek in the charge of a veterinary surgeon. Hi® complaint developed into laminitis—inflammation of the * quick ’ of the forward feet-L and has excited the liveliest attention OB the part' of veterinarians. It also resulted! in the development of a remarkably heroic spirit in the afflicted animal. Within ten days suppuration began, and within three op four weeks the hoofs -of the forward feet were taken entirely off, leaving the lamina exposed. Never did a human being bear up more bravely under intense suffering than did this pluoky little animal. When the hoofs were remo7ed he put his leg out SO that the operation might be made. For four weeks while Domestic lay in his stall with his feet tied up in cotton he would reach out his head to take his medicine with surprising intelligence. His attendants rolled him about at their will in attending to his case without the slightest resistance on hi 3 part, he seeming to understand that it was all for his own good. The extreme care that was taken of him will be better understood when it is known that his owner has a standing offer of 10,000dols for him, and would not; have taken 20,000d01s before his sidknoss. It will be many a day yet before he will ba able to get about with his usual gait. He can stand but a few minutes each day, and, although the new hoofs are growing satis* factorily, it will be a year before any attempt will be made to put him in training. There is a ridge of bright new horn extending about one inch below the place of-starting,; and which promises in time to perfectly re* place the hoofs that are gone." Below thig new horn are the hardened and dry lamina. Tho oase is a very peeular one, in this muebj

that the hoofs were removed with the knite Ordinarily, in oases of this kind, the old hoofs are allowed to be forced off by the new growing horn, but this always results m deformity of the foot. Chicago Times.