NEW HOOFS ON A HORSE
A very curious case of a horse losing his hoofs and the complete reproduction of the 1 same was recorded by Mr Thomas Hole, of Huntly, Bishop's Teignton, England, 30 years ago. After a long journey (65 miles) the horse developed acute inflammation of the feet, and for weeks was unable to stand. Life was kept in him." by dint of port wine and gruel, whioli he imbibed like a Christian," and he rallied. Blood-letting, both at the toes and general, with constant cold bran poultices to the feet (the shoes of course having been removed), were the remedies employed, and they proved most efficacious. After two months, which the .hor^e spent almost coils tinuously lying down, and whereby he was covered with raws, he began to move a little in his box. His hoofs now began to shell, and by degrees came off completely, but not before he had been turned out to grxiss shod with wide, thin plate?. One hoof with ihe shoe attached was picked up in the field. About six months aftei the journey! which brought about the inflammation, and a month after he had been sent to grass, Mr Hole turned him out on a marsh, and left him tbere*>from April until the end of August, when he was brought in again to the stall. By December he had grown " four perfect new feet, is not shod with leather, goes batter even than he did before, and is hunted two clays a week." Such a case is certainly worth recording.
NEW HOOFS ON A HORSE
Otago Witness, Issue 2433, 31 October 1900, Page 39
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