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(which some would term shying), is not a vice, and does 

 not render the horse returnable, where it can be proved 

 that he was in a good humour or wanted work. Any 

 mischief that might result would be at the risk of the 

 buyer. But where the seller allows any one to try a 

 horse in harness, whilst thus too fresh, without giving a 

 caution, all mischief that ensues falls upon the vendor's 

 shoulders. Where this caution is given, he must either 

 be a very good or a very foolhardy coachman to be his 

 own driver until the seller has driven a little of this 

 play out of him. 



Shying. 



When horses shy, it is either from unsoundness, play, 

 or vice. It is generally occasioned by disease in the 

 eye : cataract is the most common. Should the horse 

 start at a little water or froth lying in the road, you 

 may almost depend upon this disease being present, 

 even though it exists in the shape of a speck no bigger 

 than a pin's point. After cataracts are formed in the 

 eye, that part of the pupil which is affected becomes 

 opaque. Cataracts vary from the smallest specks to the 

 obliteration or total opacity of the pupil, the shying 

 increasing up to the last stage of blindness. Inflam- 

 mation or cold in the eye will also produce shying. 

 Every one of these stages, from the slightest inflam- 

 mation to complete blindness of the affected eye or 

 eyes, makes the horse UNSOUND. 



