SINGULAR OPERATION ON A HORSE.

Otago Witness, Issue 1916, 10 August 1888, Page 25

SINGULAR OPERATION ON A HORSE.

.., (Chicago Times.) The other day James L. Goldsmith, the wellknown horseman, arrived to take charge of his crack trotter. Domestic, ,. which has been in Detroit ever since the Summer meeting of the Detroit Driving Club, under the care of a veteri&ary surgeon. The race in which Domestic took part was the celebrated 2.25 trot, which created more of a seuaation than any race ever started in this city. It was in this contest that the discovery was made of ait alleged ring said to have for- its object one of the boldest and most audacious attempts to " fix " a race ever conceived in the country. The fixers had it arranged, to. win nearly 60,000d01, it is said, wheu Judge Campan aroused the threats of the " gaug " by making an attempt to put the horses through on their merits. Seven hard-fought heats were trotted in 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 the effects of influenza.' He was kit at Haralramck in charge 6f a veterinary surgeon. Hia complaint developed' into lamihitis— inflammation of the " quick " of the forward feet— and has excited the' liveliest attention on the part of veterinarians. It also resulted in the development of a remarkably heroic spirit, in the affected animal.' When the hoofs were removed he pub 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 oh his part, he seeming to understand that it was all for his own good. The extreme care that was taken of him can be better understood when it is known that his owner has a standing offer of 10,000dol for him, and would not have taken 20,000d0l before his sickness. It will be many a day yet before he will be able to get .about with his usual gait. He can stand but a. few minutes each day, and, although the new hoofs are growing satisfactorily, it will be a year before any attempt will be made to put him in trainiug. There is a ridge of .new horn .extending about lin below' the place of starting, and which promises in time to perfectly replace the hoofs that are gone. Below this horn ate tho hardened and dry lamina. Too case is a very peculiar one, in this- much, that the hoofs were removed with the knife. Ordinarily, in cases of this kind, the old hoofs are allowed to be forced off by the new growing horn, but this always results in deformity of the feet.