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understood by the term medicine, it is right they should 

 be mentioned to prevent the substitution of depletents. 



A horse while thus troubled is UNSOUND. 



When the effect of the medical treatment is over, and 

 the indication of its necessity removed, he is again SOUND. 



See articles on " Swollen Legs" and " Surfeit/' 



Clambering. 



The high and short stepping of a horse is called 

 clambering. 



Glamberers are slow and, from the great waste of 

 muscular energy, are but poor workers ; they are in 

 this respect, however, SOUND. 



High Hips. 



High hips are very unsightly ; they owe their pro- 

 minence to narrowness of the loins, and are therefore 

 weak ; high-hipped horses are long in the waist, that is, 

 they are too lengthy from the hip to the last rib ; they 

 are inclined to be washy, and purge when exercised or 

 sharply worked, and are frequently hot and colicky in 

 temper : this is peculiarly the case with Irish horses. 



All large-hipped horses are good leapers, on account 

 of the great leverage provided by their wide hips, and 

 are, in this respect, SOUND. 



