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He states, that there are no hunters without curbs or 

 spavins, or both, and that they are SOUND. 



Horses with enlarged hocks, going sound, are 

 sold almost every day in the various hunts, and 

 from one hunt to the other, with a warranty, without 

 the least suspicion being entertained of their being 

 wrong. All those acquainted with hunting establishments 

 and the hocks of horses must be aware that there does 

 not seem to arise any inconvenience from the practice. 

 Why then should not this custom become a law ? At 

 Tattersall's, and all horse repositories, you will see 

 horses with these enlargements, but going SOUND, 

 sold with a warranty, the buyer rarely discovering 

 that there ever was the least flaw. 



Capped Hocks. 



Capped hocks are the result of blows, not unfre- 

 quently from kicking, or rubbing against sharp corners 

 of the stall-post. Stone or fluted iron pillars at the 

 back end of the stalls are the most frequent cause. 

 They are unsightly, but they in no way inconvenience 

 the animal, unless suppuration takes place, when they 

 heal soon, and the swelling disappears. While this 

 suppuration is going on, and the wound is unhealed, 

 as there is a disease in progress, the horse is UNSOUND. 



Although in itself simple, there is no telling with 



