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CHAPTER III. 



DEFECTIVE RESPIRATION, OR 

 BROKEN WIND, ROARING, 

 CRIB- BITING, AND AYIND- 

 SUCKING. 



There is no part of the animal oeconomy of 

 more importance than the function of respira^ 

 tion; for no horse can be capable of going 

 fast, for any length of time, except he enjoy a 

 free and healthy action in his lungs. That this 

 useful animal was intended for the purposes of 

 speed is sufficiently manifest by his having a 

 larger chest, and consequently larger lungs, 

 than any other quadruped of the same size. 



It behoves, therefore, the purchaser of a 

 horse to be careful in examining the animal; 

 for that state of diseased respiration, which is 

 distinguished by the term, broken wind, has 

 hitherto been found to be incurable. 



