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and all inflammation has ceased, so that he goes free 

 from pain (and as it is allowed that his legs are stronger 

 and less liable than formerly to injury) it is a blemish 

 of the least consequence only, and the animal can be 

 warranted as SOUND. 



As the horse gets older, these excrescences disappear, 

 although the union of the bones is as firm as ever. 



Speedy Cut. 



Speedy cut is seen on the inside, and rather on 

 the hind edge and lower corner, of the knee. Some- 

 times the bone is enlarged without any bald place to 

 assist in detecting the habit, at others the skin only is 

 cut ; sometimes both. Like all other enlargements, 

 it may increase from an almost imperceptible size and 

 little inconvenience, to a size both conspicuous and 

 unsightly, as well as dangerous. 



Speedy cut is occasioned by the horse twisting his legs 

 in action, so as to strike the shoe or foot of the one leg 

 against the knee of the other. It is done when the 

 horse is going faster, or being driven more up to the 

 bit, at the same time stepping higher, than he is capable 

 of doing with propriety. 



Horses given to this action are mostly good-couraged, 

 and a thorough horseman who knows how to make them 

 step without touching, at the same time bringing out 



