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But should they be disabled by past fatigue from 

 working properly, they are UNSOUND, j 



In this case, if there is no chronic disease in them, 

 good rest or a "run at grass " will effect a cure, and i 

 they are then, again, SOUND. 1 



When horses, from long-continued fast work, go near 

 the ground, so long as they can conveniently fulfil 

 their proper tasks, they are SOUND, j 



But if unable, therefrom, to work properly, they are 



UNSOUND, j 



Where, however, no chronic disease exists, good rest, 

 or turning out for awhile, may restore them and make 

 them again SOUND. \ 



It is well known that stage-coach horses capable 

 of going at the rate of fourteen miles, and compelled : 

 to work at the rate of twelve miles an hour, will, in a 

 couple of years, be unable to do more than nine ; and 

 yet a common observer would not detect in such horses 

 any signs of their being " beat " or distressed ; in fact, 

 they may still be in good condition. This decrease in 

 their powers, when caused by contraction of the fibre of 

 the muscles (if there is no other injury or malady 

 existing), can by proper rest be overcome, and such 

 horses be restored to their original turn of speed. 



In here naming the case of the stage-coach horse I 

 certainly take an extreme case ; besides, this class of 

 horse is degraded from faster to slower work, according 



