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They are commonly considered to be unsafe, but this 

 depends upon the width of chest, and upon whether they 

 can or cannot perform all theh* paces without the toes of 

 one foot touching the otlier leg so as to interfere with 

 the usefulness of their action. 



If this peculiarity, then, does not make them defective 

 in the execution of their proper work, they are Sound. 



Of this I have known many instances r.mongst extra- 

 ordinarily good horses. 



But, should the peculiarity impede them in their 

 labor, they are Unsound. 



COCK-THROTTLED. 



Horses that are stilf at the setting on of the head to 

 the neck are termed cock-throttled. 



They cannot bring their noses in properly, and are 

 unpleasant to ride, from their not giving way with that 

 elasticity which is required by the horseman's hand, but 

 yet are Sound. 



When this defect is not cock-throttle proper, but in 

 produced by sore throat, by a swelling of the vicinal 

 glands, by severe cold, or by the commencement of 

 strangles, the stiffness being occasioned by actual disease, 

 the horse is Unsound. 



