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certainty what will be the result : but when the horse 

 is cured, he is SOUND. 



Where there is no appearance of suppuration taking 

 place, he is SOUND. 



Where capped hocks, from their size, become a dis- 

 figurement to the horse, a suspicious sign on harness 

 horses, they must be recorded as a BLEMISH. 



Groggy. 



Horses that are what is usually termed groggy do not 

 nod, or, rather, bow their heads, on account of being 

 equally lame with both fore feet. Their ears are placed 

 backwards when in action, and there is a peculiarity about 

 their stepping, as if from anxiety to retain their feet 

 upon the ground each time they touched it. There is 

 also a peculiarity in the working of the shoulder-blades, 

 and, in spite of their mostly going well upon their 

 haunches to relieve their fore feet, they are very shaky 

 and unpleasant, more especially when put into the 

 canter. Some consider them easy in the trot. They 

 ought, however, to be used only in harness, or where 

 there is no weight on the back : they are UNSOUND. 



Lame. 



Horses when more tender in one foot than the other 

 presuming it is the fore foot or leg droop their head 

 when they step upon the unsound foot, and raise it when 



