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Farcy, a disease identical with glanders, renders a horse unsound. 



Fever in the Feet, Founder, or Laminitis alters the structure 

 of the foot, and therefore amounts to unsoundness. This disease alone, 

 apart from other considerations, renders a horse unsound, because the 

 laminae are so affected by the disease that a horse which can be proved to 

 have suffered from it is most likely to fall lame if put to work. Drojjpiug 

 and bulging of the sole of the foot and displacement of the bones is often a 

 result of laminitis. 



Glanders is a most serious disease, sometimes confounded with 

 strangles. A horse sold with glanders should be at once returned and 

 the purchase-money demanded back.'^ If the seller can be proved to have 

 known of the existence of the disease, the buyer may also recover damages. 

 A horse with glanders must not be resold, but destroyed. 



Grease, a skin disease generally affecting the heel of the foot, and 

 which will be found dealt with elsewhere, constitutes a horse unsound. 



Mange, a parasitic skin disease which is generally apparent, amounts 

 to unsoundness. 



Megrims, or fits, renders a horse unsound. 



Navicular disease, a disease of the foot, known in its advanced stage 

 as " oroooiness", renders a horse unsound. 



A "nerved" horse is unsound on two grounds; by reason of the 

 disease for which it was "nerved", and as being structurally imperfect 

 through the nerves having been severed. A " nerved " horse may be able 

 to work, but is at any time liable to become useless on account of the 

 defect. 



Ophthalmia is unsoundness. If it has previously existed and again 

 manifests itself soon after purchase, it is most likely of constitutional 

 origin. Evidence of its presence by a competent veterinary surgeon will 

 be sufficient to enable the buyer to rescind the contract. 



Ossification of any of the structures adjacent to the joints, and there- 

 fore ossification of the lateral cartilages, constitutes unsoundness. 



Pumiced foot is unsoundness, as being evidence of laminitis. 



Quidding, being an indication of disease or defect in the mouth, is 

 unsoundness. 



Quittor, a chronic abscess of the foot, is unsoundness. It is generally 

 accompanied by more or less lameness, which, as already stated, would 

 alone constitute unsoundness. 



Ring-bones and Side-bones, both large and small, render a horse 

 unsound. 



^ Notice to the vendor must be given, recent law preventing the leading of a glandered horse through a 

 thoroughfare except under special conditions. 



