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afc the pastern-joint. If there is any difference between 

 the two, knuckling may be considered to be the more 

 aggravated form. A horse that knuckles over is 



UNSOUND. 



Enlarged Joints. 



Enlarged joints, resulting from blows, sprains, and 

 wounds on the pastern -joints of the hind-legs, are 

 generally contracted in the field, and are, therefore, 

 most common in hunters, and mostly on the hind-legs, 

 the proximate cause being that the rider, by holding on 

 by the bridle during the leap, prevents him thereby 

 from throwing up his legs sufficiently to clear the 

 fence. 



Those horses which have much timber or wall jump- 

 ing to do are the most subject to these defects. 



If there is no raw place, but a scar only ; if the skin 

 has completely grown over the injured part ; and if the 

 enlargement has arrived at its full size, and become 

 hard and bony, so as not to interfere with the horse's 

 action and capacity to perform his usual work, he may 

 be held to be SOUND. 



The enlargement is a BLEMISH. 



See the article on " Spavins/' " Curbs/' &c. 



