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travellers. Their hocks are also generally skewed or 

 "cow-hocked/' and supposed to be weaker and more 

 subject to disease. Unless, however, it amounts to an 

 extreme malformation, they are SOUND. 



But when they go wide owing to stiff or diseased 

 hocks, they are UNSOUND. 



See article on " Upright Shoulders/' 



Dishing. 



Dishing is a term used to express the movements of 

 those horses which turn out their fore-feet when in 

 action ; they usually lift their legs high and are safe to 

 ride, but unpleasant, partly on account of the peculiar 

 roll of the shoulders, and also because their action 

 bespatters riders with mud. 



This action is rarely seen in English horses, though 

 sometimes it is induced by bad breaking ; with work 

 it generally leaves them, or as they get stronger with 

 age they lose the habit ; but in foreign horses it may 

 often be noticed. 



A horse that thus turns his feet is unable to perform 

 long journeys or to do extraordinary work, on account 

 of the amount of exertion consumed in accomplishing 

 the useless labour. 



Horses that have this habit may still be considered 



SOUND. 



