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PREFACE. 



MY two previous works upon the horse were so well 

 received by the public that I am encouraged to offer 

 a third. The whole edition of my first, published in 

 1834, was sold out at once, and my second in 1840 

 realized nearly as large a sale as any English work 

 ever published, having additionally been translated into 

 several European languages. 



The object of the present work is to explain, in the 

 simplest manner, what constitutes a sound and what an 

 unsound horse ; to note doubtful points, and such things 

 as operate against the proper development of the animal 

 in all parts; and further, as an "unsound horse "is 

 often less dangerous and more useful than the common 

 acceptation of the word "unsound" would imply, I shall 

 take pains to distinguish real from imaginary defects. 



To recapitulate the objects of this little treatise, they 

 are 



1. To ascertain what constitutes strict legal warranty 



of, and soundness in, the horse. 



2. To note deviations from soundness unimportant 



except as to their effect on the market value 

 of the animal. 



3. General observations on used horses. 







