88 THE HORSE. 



him, anxiety is manifested to i)urcliase a horse who would 

 not, under other circumstances, be or be likely to be sold; 

 and m such instances the successful competitor runs con- 

 siderable risk. 



In spite of the unimportance in many cases, I think 

 it right to show what dangers and chances may occa- 

 sionally hapiien, as I have often been questioned on the 

 subject. 



A short time since, two gentlemen were, at the same 

 time, considering about buying a horse that was just then 

 in physic, with a view to the preparation for a match m 

 which he was engaged. One of the gentlemen had of- 

 fered to purchase the horse as soon as the medicine had 

 worked off: the other, in the meantime, consulted me as 

 to what consequences might be apprehended, and, after 

 I had examined the horse, and iiad satisfied myself as to 

 his appearance, bought the horse, much to the chagrin 

 of his more cautious rival. 



STR A INGLES. 



It is frequently a matter for deliberation whether it 

 would be advisable to buy a horse laboring under stran- 

 gles (in whatever stage the disease may happen to be), or, 

 in some cases, whether it would be prudent to purchase a 

 horse which, though not actually afflicted with this dis- 

 ease at the time, yet shows symptoms of its approach. 



In aged horses the appearance of strangles must be 

 noted with some suspicion, as the horse generally has the 

 disease while young, and very rarely more than once, 

 while the older horse Is more subject to glanders, which 

 is sometimes mistaken for strangles. Strangles may so 

 debilitate an old horse as to degenerate mto glanders . 



Strangles is a disease which, if i)ropcrly attended to on 

 its first api)oarance, rarely terminates fatally m tlie result 



