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period — six months at least. A foalish frolic may spring 

 a curb on any hock, and the chances are great that the 

 enlargement will be visible through life ; but such parts, 

 when a long time has elapsed, are stronger than they 

 would otherwise have been. Even a curby hock, having 

 upon it a curb, is a stronger hock than it was before ; 

 if sufficient time has elapsed to allow of completed 

 organization of the lymph, which has been thrown out 

 in the process of repair, an extra back stay has been put 

 where one was needed. 



"Sprung hock" I know nothing about, neither do I 

 know anything about " occult " spavin. 



Capped hock is an enlargement at the point of the 

 hock from a blow or blows, and, except when fresh 

 done, seldom causes lameness, but rather points to the 

 vice of kicking in the stall, and is more frequently found 

 on females than on m.ales, because the former during 

 oestrum frequently kick and knock their hocks against 

 their stalls. 



