THE HORSE. 29 



Windgalls. 



Windgalls are situate at the bottom of the cannon 

 bone on each side of the leg, just above the pastern 

 joint, at the union of these two bones. They yield to 

 pressure. They appear to the eye like small enlarge- 

 ments, and feel soft to the hand when it is passed over 

 them. They are not an UNSOUNDNESS in themselves, 

 unless, as in rare instances and very extreme cases, 

 they occasion lameness. 



They are a proof that the horse has done work, their 

 size depending upon the age at which this work was 

 done, and the neglect the horse was subjected to at the 

 time. Those who wish to ascertain more on this head 

 are referred to my book on " The Horse/' where they 

 will find them more fully treated of, as well as how 

 they are to be prevented. 



Unless they are of the worst kind (the largest size), 

 I never would reject a superior horse for windgalls. 

 They are no inconvenience to him, and are not an 

 unsoundness, becoming less and less as the work is 

 decreased till they disappear altogether : they are never 

 seen in very old and fairly-worked horses. With the 

 exception of the above-mentioned case, horses having 

 windgalls are SOUND. 



Bandages. 



Where the constant use of bandages is required to 

 enable a horse to perform the ordinary work of horses 

 of his class, he is UNSOUND. 



