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prick in the hind foot, acute disease, &c. Such a 

 horse is UNSOUND. 



See also the articles " Herring-gutted/' " Washey," 

 Sec. 



Rumbliiig. 



Rumbling which is frequently hut erroneously con- 

 founded with washey, upon the supposition that the 

 noise proceeds from air or water being lodged in the 

 intestines is, in fact, a sound that proceeds from the 

 sheath. Horses liable to rumbling are not thereby in- 

 convenienced, and are, for the most part, good, round- 

 barrelled horses, and SOUND. 



The fact that mares never make this noise is a 

 sufficient explanation of its origin. 



Trials of Used Horses. 



Whenever any doubt exists as to the soundness of 

 "used horses," or as to their capacity for doing the 

 requisite work without pain or inconvenience, a trial, in 

 some cases extending over several days, should not be 

 grudged. Such a trial must of course be in strict 

 accordance with the then condition of the horse to 

 be tried ; that is, the horse must be tried in that work 

 only which can be expected from horses of that class in 

 which his condition at the time shows him to be. 



Paradoxical as it might at first sight appear, many 



