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that it is. Be it which it may, in those cases where it 

 proves of no consequence, it can only be fastidiousness 

 to refuse the horse ; therefore, no reasonable person will 

 object to this being excepted from the warranty. 



Blood spavins may be produced in an instant. One 

 step or slip is sufficient ; therefore, admitting it is an 

 unsoundness, and you discovered one, half an hour after 

 purchase, you could not return the horse, unless you 

 could prove he had had it prior to purchase. 



This may appear strange at first sight ; but when 

 you reflect that, even though you may not have 

 moved the horse one yard, a slip in the stall, a blow, or 

 getting up in a hurry, may produce them, you must see 

 that it is no more than just that the seller's respon- 

 sibility should end with delivery ; in at least so far that 

 it becomes your duty after acceptance, should the defect 

 appear, to prove that the disease or tendency thereto 

 existed prior to delivery or date of warranty. 



Bog Spavin. 



Bog spavin is a windgall on the inside front of the 

 hock joint. After it is once formed, and all heat and 

 inflammation are gone, it is rarely of any consequence. 



Where it does not interfere with the horse's action, 

 and he has done the ordinary work of horses of his 

 class for the required time since it formed, without 

 extra rest, or inconvenience, then is he SOUND. 



