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COLLAR-WRUXG. 



So long as the collar-wrung horse is sore, and until 

 the raw part is completely healed, and covered with skin, 

 he is Unsound. 



When the sore is thoroughly covered with new skin, he 

 is Sound. 



But the bald place or mark showing the site of the 

 former injury is a Blemish. 



Should the horse be intended for harness-work, and 

 the mark be neither too high nor too low to be covered 

 by a well-fitting collar, it is hardly worth while to take 

 jiarticular notice of so trivial a blemish concealed as it 

 is, especially if the horse be quite free from incon- 

 veuience, and be, in all otlicr respects, suited to your 

 purpose. 



From the size of the blemish it is conspicuous and un- 

 sightly in a saddle horse; besides, you must remember 

 that the same mark which is hidden by the winter's coat, 

 often reapi)ears in all its ugliness when the horse is 

 clipped, and when he changes his coarser coat for the 

 finer gloss of summer. 



BLEEDING. 



Bleeding, simple as the operation seems, and in spite 

 of the careless and slovenly manner in which many horse 

 owners allow it to be performed, is not unattended with 

 danger. 



As mischievous and unexpected results follow from 

 even the most carefully-executed operation, until the 

 orifice made by the lancet or fleam is completely healed, 

 the horse is Unsound. 



When he is healed, and no evil effects or symptoms re- 

 main, he is Sound. 



See article on '' Neck- vein." 

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