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a match in which he was engaged. One of the 

 gentlemen had offered to purchase the horse as soon 

 as the medicine had worked off: the other, in the 

 meantime, consulted me as to what consequences 

 might be apprehended, and, after I had examined the 

 horse, and had satisfied myself as to his appearance, 

 bought the horse, much to the chagrin of his more 

 cautious rival. 



Strangles. 



It is frequently a matter for deliberation whether it 

 would be advisable to buy a horse labouring under 

 strangles (in whatever stage the disease may happen 

 to be), or, in some cases, whether it would be prudent 

 to purchase a horse which, though not actually afflicted 

 with this disease at the time, yet shows symptoms of its 

 approach. 



In aged horses the appearance of strangles must be 

 noted with some suspicion, as the horse generally has 

 the disease while young, and very rarely above once. 

 While the older horse is more subject to glanders, 

 which is sometimes mistaken for strangles. Strangles 

 may so debilitate an old horse as to degenerate into 

 glanders. 



Strangles is a disease which, if properly attended to 

 on its first appearance, rarely terminates fatally in the 

 result denoted by the name : such a result is a very 

 scarce exception to the general rule recovery. 



