Hoof repair

A method of treating a horse's hoof having a crack therein comprising the steps of cleaning the crack in preparation for treatment thereof, forming holes through the hoof along the periphery of the crack, inserting a hard pointed leader successively through the holes with the leader being integral with an elongated multifilament strand consisting of bulked filaments which is of open construction and having exposed air spaces therein and without the necessity of moistening the strand, continuing to insert the leader through the holes until the strand is threaded back and forth across the crack, securing the strand in place without the necessity of knotting the strand, applying to the crack an adhesive material capable when cured of being shod with nails with the adhesive material flowing into the exposed air spaces of the strand, said strand acting as a sponge to absorb the adhesive and to form an intimate bond therewith, and permitting the adhesive material to cure in situ in the crack.