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beneath the roller or saddle, as well as to all such as 

 are covered by the horse's trapping when at work. 



Blemishes. 



All scars left from wounds or sores, as well as all 

 unsightly enlargements, whether such be the effects of 

 blows, work, or sprains, are blemishes. 



Some blemishes do and some do not impair the horse's 

 value : thus, while collar-marks are considered a dis- 

 grace to a saddle-horse, and lessen his value, in a very 

 superior harness-horse they would be altogether over- 

 looked. 



Broken knees lessen the market-price of all horses. 

 So, also, does the loss of one or both eyes. 



Marks on the fetlock show that the horse has, at 

 some time or other, cut, and therefore require to be 

 noticed with a view to seeing what probability there is 

 that he will do so again. But if such marks are not 

 the result of any peculiarity in his make, they may be, 

 perchance, of no consequence, as it is possible they may 

 have been produced in him when, as a colt, he was 

 being broken, or when, subsequently, he was labouring 

 under severe illness, fatigue, or want of condition. 



The observations here made are intended merely to 

 assist in deciding the relative bearing and importance 

 of blemishes in general, each particular one being 

 treated of in its proper place in this work. 



