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If, when the saddle is changed, he goes free from 

 lameness, the animal may be considered SOUND. 



Dropping before. 



Dropping before, or knuckling with the pastern joint 

 of the fore foot, if not occasioned by tender feet or weak- 

 ness, but arising solely from youth or carelessness, does 

 not affect the horse's soundness. 



The exceptions are treated under their respective 

 heads ; in these cases horses are UNSOUND. 



Dropping before may be occasioned by treading on a 

 stone, by a misfitting saddle, or by accidents of any 

 kind. In either of the last-mentioned cases, the horse 

 is SOUND. 



See the preceding three articles. 



If the dropping-before arises from malformation or> 

 tender feet, the horse is UNSOUND. 



Fleshy Heel. 



Fleshy heel is an abnormal structure of the frog, 

 wherein the sensitive part of the foot becomes too much 

 exposed, the horse thereby being more or less tender 

 according to the progress of the disease, and therefore 



UNSOUND. 



