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that make them unfit for the use for which they are sold. In 

 the Chicago horse market, this term has been abandoned, as 

 its use created many opportunities for controversy. Some 

 unsoundnesses that unfit a horse for hard service are broken 

 wind, unsound eyes, side bones, ring bones, large splints, buck 

 knees, curbs, spavins, and large thoroughpins. In Table XIII 

 is given the location of the common unsoundnesses and faults 



of horses. 



TABLE XIII 



LOCATION OF THE COMMON UNSOUNDNESSES AND FAULTS OF HORSES 



NAME LOCATION 



Unsound eyes Head 



Wind broken Body 



Poll evil Head 



Fistula Withers 



Shoulder sweeny Shoulder 



Collar boil Shoulder 



Shoe boil Elbow 



Knee sprung Knee 



Splints Cannons 



Bowed tendons Cannons 



Wind gall Fetlock joint 



Grease Fetlock joint 



Ring bones Pastern 



Side bone Cornets 



Quittor Cornets 



Founder Feet 



Thrush Feet 



Quarter crack Feet 



Toe crack Feet 



Broken ilium . Hips 



Knocked-down hip Hips 



Hip sweeny Hips 



Dislocated patella Stifle 



Bone spavin Hock 



Bog spavin Hock 



Thoroughpin Hock 



Curb Hock 



Capped hock Hock 



175. Determining age of horses. The following is a de- 

 scription of the method employed in determining age in 



