86 WARRANTY OF 



to draw, with the style of action you desire ; whether 

 you will be satisfied with merely being moved along, or 

 whether you wish to make a dash ; how much of pace, 

 of action, or of grandeur, you require or are willing to 

 sacrifice. 



Curbs. 



Curbs are hard bony enlargements at the back and 

 on the lower part of the hock. They may be of such 

 little consequence as to be called only enlargement on 

 the seat of curb, or large enough to be curbs. While 

 forming, the horse is sure to be lame. Either they are a 

 proof that the hocks are ill-formed (weak), or are the 

 result of mismanagement, over-work, strains, blows. 

 Ignorant breakers are the principal originators of curbs. 

 Kicking in harness, or against the stalls, or any hard 

 substance, will produce them on the best-formed hocks. 

 When they have assumed a decided form, and have 

 become hard bony substances, and all inflammation has 

 left, if the horse goes sound, do not reject him, should 

 he suit in all other respects. 



Whether a curbed horse is sound pr unsound is a 

 matter of dispute. There are partisans on both sides, 

 but I think the majority agree with me in opinion that, 

 where he is capable of doing all the work required of 

 horses of his class, as well with the curbs as without 

 them, he is SOUND. 



