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noise proceeds from air or water being lodged in the in- 

 testines — is, in fact, a sound that proceeds from the 

 sheath. Horses liable to rumbling are not thereby incon- 

 venienced, and are, for the most part, good, round-bar- 

 relled horses, and Sound. 

 The fact that mares never make this noise is a sufficient 

 explanation of its origin. 



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TRIALS OF USED HORSES. 



Whenever any doubt exists as to the soundness of 



used horses," or as to their capacity for doing the 

 requsite work without pain or inconvenience, a trial, in 

 some cases extending over several days, should not be 

 grudged. Sure a trial must of course be in strict ac- 

 cordance with the then condition of the horse to be tried ; 

 that is, the horse must be tried in that work only which 

 can be expected from horses of that class in which his 

 condition at the time showed him to be. 



Paradoxical as it might at first sight appear, many an 

 unused horse would, by being subjected to a used horse 

 trial, be degraded by that very trial to this second class. 

 See '-'Aged Horses." 



I mention this to show what attention and care are re- 

 quired in the trial of a horse, and especially to prove that, 

 while the slightest marks of having been submitted to 

 even one day's work vitiate his title to a warranty of the 

 first class, he is yet entitled to one of the second class: 

 for all deviations from a natural state, whether such be 

 the results of work, or of any other cause, debar him 

 from a first-class warranty, but yet do not disqualify him 

 for the performance of work. Then, if a doubt arise as to 

 the power of such a horse, possessing as he does certain 

 defects and blemishes, to do his proper work convenient- 

 ly, the right course is to submit him to trial m hu S23ecific 



