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WHAT DISEASES CONSTITUTE UNSOUNDNESS OR VICE. 



Lord Abinger, C. B., held that Curby-liocks (o) not 

 producing lameness at the time of sale were not a breach 

 of warranty of soundness, though a Curb was afterwards 

 thrown out. And his lordship then said, " This case 

 shows that the mere fact of the Horse in question being 

 Thin-soled at the time of sale, is not sufficient to constitute 

 a Breach of the warranty of Soundness ; and therefore 

 unless you are of opinion that that peculiar formation had 

 produced, at the time of sale, actual lameness, you will 

 find for the defendant," which the Jury accordingly 

 did(i;). 



ThoroughpLn. In the neighbourhood of the joints are several bags, 

 containing a mucous fluid, for the purpose of lubricating 

 the parts, and these sometimes become inflamed and en- 

 larged, as in Wind-galls {q). A similar enlargement is 

 found above the hock, between the flexor of the foot and 

 the extensor of the hock, on both sides of which it pro- 

 jects in the form of a round swelling. It is called a 

 Thoronghpln, and is an indication of considerable work, 

 but, unless it be of great size, it is rarely attended with 

 lameness ((/). It constitutes Unsoundness when it causes 

 lameness, or perhaps when it is so large as to render it 

 likely that lameness will soon ensue ; however, in such a 

 case it would be very conspicuous, and a special warranty 

 against it had better be taken. 



Thrush. A TJtrush is the inflammation of the lower surface of 



the inner or sensible frog, and the secretion or throwing 

 out of pus, almost invariably accompanied by a slight 

 degree of tenderness of the frog itself, or of the heel a 

 little above it, and if neglected, leading to diminution of 

 the substance of the frog, and separation of the horn from 

 the parts beneath, and the production of fungus and 

 Canker (r), and ultimately a diseased state of the foot, 

 destructive of the present and dangerous to the future 

 usefulness of the Horse (s). A Thrush is an Unsound- 

 ness. 



TrippiBg. Tripping arises from a heavy forehead, and from the 



fore legs being too much under the Horse, so that, like 

 Cutting (;*), it is a consequence of malformation; it also 

 may indicate tenderness of the foot, Grrogginess (?<), or 



(o) Ciu-by-hocks, ante, p. 86. 



{p) Bailey v. Forrest, 2 C. & K. 

 131. 



{q) Lib. U. K. "The Horse," 

 265. 



(>■) Canker, ante, p. 79. 

 (*) Lib. IT. K. "The Horse," 

 3G6. 



{t) Cutting, ante, p. 87. 

 («) Grogginess, ante, p. 90. 



