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Figure 40. — An Overweighted Neck 



Figure 41. — A Saddle Type. 

 Courtesy of "The Rider and Driver.' 



Glanders is a 

 highly contagious 

 disease of germ ori- 

 gin, incurable, and, 

 in this latitude, 

 usually fatal. It 

 is, of all diseases 

 incidental to the 

 horse, the most ma- 

 lignant and the 

 most to be dreaded. 

 It is highly conta- 

 gious to human be- 

 ings also, and nec- 

 essarily fatal to 

 them. In dealing 

 with a case of glan- 

 ders, the greatest 

 care should betaken, 

 to protect one's self 

 from the germs. 



If the glanders 

 germ attacks the in- 

 ternal organs of the 

 horse, the disease is 

 known as glanders; 

 but if it attacks the 

 skin or the vessels 

 of the skin, the 

 disease is called 

 farcy. 



Glanders usually 

 manifests itself by a 



