602 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



CAPPED HOCKS may be occasioned by lying on an uneven 

 floor, with scant bedding, or by kicking. If from the latter, it 

 tells of a vice. A special warranty is advisable. 



CURB, OR CORB, is an unsoundness while swelling remains. 

 It is a hard bony enlargement at the back of and on lower part 

 of the hock. "Whether a curbed horse is sound or unsound, is 

 a matter of dispute," says Howden. If large enough to be 

 readily seen, they are blemishes. While they are forming, and 

 come from strain, kicking, or blows, the horse is lame and un- 

 sound. The curby leg is an offense to the eye, but no evidence 

 of weakness. A curb may be sprung suddenly, and a buyer 

 will have difficulty in returning an animal on plea of curb. 



CUTTING. The speedy cut is seen on the inside, and on hind 

 edge, and lower corner of the knee. It is occasioned by a 

 weakness, or awkwardness, or working beyond the normal ca- 

 pacity. When the horse can not travel at ordinary gait with 

 an average driver without cutting, he is to be rejected. 



SPAVIN. Whether bog, bony, or blood spavin, is an unsound- 

 ness. This is an enlargement on the inside and rather toward the 

 front of the hock. It is produced by an over-exertion. Bog 

 spavin is a wind-gall on the inside front of the hock joint. Af- 

 ter the heat and inflammation are gone, it is of minor conse- 

 quence. Blood spavin is the enlargement of the thigh vein, 

 where it passes over the inside of the hock. It never produces 

 lameness, but it always offends the eye. It may be produced 

 in an instant, by a severe strain or bruise. When an enlarge- 

 ment of the joint is produced, there is commonly a lameness at 

 starting. Some call it then bone-spavin. 



THOROUGHPINS are a wind-gall in the hock. They are quite 

 common among horses that have done much work. Unless they 

 cause lameness, the horse is considered sound. 



WINDGALLS are situated at the bottom of the cannon bone 

 on each side of the leg, at the union of the two bones, just 

 above the pastern joint. They are soft, and seldom cause any 

 inconvenience. They are evidence the animal has done work. 

 They usually disappear with age, or when horses are long 

 rested, or lightly worked. They are not evidence of unsoundness. 



