the Carti 

 lasses 



96 WHAT DISEASES CONSTITUTE UNSOUNDNESS OR VICE. 



continuing several montlis, and sometimes eventually de- 

 stroying the Horse (6). Such a disease is without doubt 

 an Unsoundness. 



Not lying It occasionally happens that a Horse will seldom or 



^^"^^- never Lie down in the stable. He sometimes continues 



in apparent good health, and feeds and works well ; but 

 generally his legs swell, or he becomes fatigued sooner 

 than other Horses (c) . It is a bad habit, and when de- 

 cidedly injurious to his health, and so tending to impair his 

 usefulness, it is a Vice. 



Opacity of Opacity of the crystalUne Lens of the eye is an Unsound- 



theLens. ^^^^^^ See Blinducss (r/). 



Ossification of The Slide Cartilages occupy a considerable portion of 

 the external side and back part of the foot, the expansion 

 of the upper part of which they are designed to preserve. 

 These cartilages are subject to inflammation, and the 

 result of that inflammation is, that the cartilages are 

 absorbed, and bone is substituted in their stead. This 

 Ossification of the Cartilages frequently accompanies Ring- 

 bone (e) ; but it may exist without any affection of the 

 pastern joint. It is oftenest found in Horses of heavy 

 draught. It arises not so much from concussion as from 

 a species of sprain ; for the pace of such heavy Horses 

 is slow. The cause, indeed, is not well understood, but 

 of the effect the instances are very numerous, a few heavy 

 di'aught horses arriving at old age without this change 

 of structure (/) . Like Eingbone (^7), it is an Unsound- 

 ness [It). 



Overreach. This very disagreeable noise known by the name of 



" Clicliing, Oi-erreach," &c. arises from the toe of the 

 hind foot knocking against the shoe of the fore foot («'). 

 It is not altogether free from clanger, as a Horse may 

 lame himself by it ; or, if the fore and hind shoes become 

 locked, he will be suddenly thrown. As to the effects of 

 a neglected tread or Overreach, see False-quarter (/.■) and 

 Uuittor (/). This defect, like Cutting («?), arises from the 

 bad formation of the Horse {ni) and is therefore neither an 



(b) Lib. XJ. K. "The Horse," [h) See Simpson v. Fotts, Ap^en- 

 121. dix. 



(f) Lib. U. K. "The Horse," (i) Lib. U. K. "The Horse," 



341. See App. to Lib. U. K. Ed. 341. 



1862, p. 521. (k) False -quarter, ante, p. 88. 



(d) Blindness, ante, p. 75. (0 Qi^iittor, post. 



(c) Ringbone, post. (m) Brown v. Elkington, 8 M. & 

 (/) Lib. U. K. "The Horse," W. 132; Dickenson \. Follett, 1 M. 



310. & Rob. 299. 



{g) Ringbone, post. 



