APPENDIX. 173 



a breeder of horses), justice or something approaching it 

 would result, provided the bare facts only were submitted to 

 the four. It is foohsh and illogical to expect a judge and a 

 common jury to judge between experts. Each side can bring 

 expert veterinarians who give, and that conscientiously, the 

 most polemic evidence. Most Englishmen think they know 

 something about horses, therefore most English juries are 

 likely to contain one or more men who " know a horse when 

 they see one." Granted that they are judges of " horseflesh," 

 unless they are medical men, or veterinary surgeons, they 

 know nothing of horse pathology ; and, in cases of un- 

 soundness, they have to decide questions into which 

 pathology enters largely. In questions as to vice it is 

 different, and even then it is desirable that a jury should 

 know something of the ordinar}^ habits of horses, in order 

 that they may judge of habits extraordinary. 



VII. TRIAL IN COUNTY COURT. 



For sums of ^50, and under, the aggrieved party usually 

 seeks redress in the County Court, because it is a quicker and 

 less expensive procedure. He may employ a solicitor, or 

 not, as he thinks fit. 



If he does not employ a soHcitor he should proceed as 

 follows : — 



First. He must write out three clear copies of his claims, 

 giving in detail each item ; for instance, the amount he has 

 lost in buying the horse and in selling him ; the cost of the 

 horse's keep, reckoned at half-a-crown to three shillings 

 and sixpence a day ; veterinary surgeon's expenses, and any 

 reasonable expenses he may have incurred in advertising and 

 seUing the horse. These copies must be exactly alike. One 

 he keeps for his own use ; the other two he takes with him 

 to the Court. 



