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6. — Quidding, and Swallowing the FoodWithout Grinding. — The first 

 is occasioned by bad teetli, or disease, as sore throat, catarrh, etc. The 

 latter from the same cause, or greediness. The cause must be removed. 

 In the case of greediness, it is difficult. 



7. — Rolling in the Stable. — More a vice than a disability. It may be 

 either. A horse inclined to roll, should always be given the end of the 

 halter in a straw yard, before being tied in the stall. Rolling in the 

 stable is a vice dangerous to the horse. 



8. — Slipping the Halter. — A trick of which a horse can never be cured. 

 The remedy is a halter that cannot be rubbed off, or a strong loose box 

 that cannot be broken down. 



9. — Stumbling and Tripping. — A disability, that ])y bad usage and pun- 

 ishment may become a vice. It is always dangerous, and the result of 

 infirmity. The only test is trial over rough ground. Some horses, 

 however, are more apt to trip on even than on rough ground. 



10. — Weaving "consists in a motion of the head, neck and body, from 

 side to side, like the shuttle of a weaver passing through the web, and 

 hence the name which is given to this jjeculiar and incessant motion. It 

 indicates an impatient, irritable temper, and a dislike to the confiuemnet 

 of the stable ; and a horse that is thus incessantly on the fc(!i, will seldom 

 carry flesh, or be safe to ride or drive. There is no cure for it, but the 

 olose tying up of the animal, except at feeding time." 



XVTII. What Is Unsoundness? 

 Upon this head we condense from Youatt, retainining his language, 

 as follows: "That horse is sound in whom there is no disease, nor 

 any alteration of structure in any part which impairs, or is likely 

 to impair, his natural usefulness. That horse is unsound that labors 

 under disease, or that has some alteration of structure that does interfere, 

 or is likely to interfere, with his natural usefulness. The term natural 

 usefulness must be borne in mind. One horse may possess great S[)eed, 

 but is soon knocked up ; another will work all day, but cannot get beyond 

 a snail's pace ; one with a heavy forehead is liable to stumble, and is con- 

 tinually putting to hazard the neck of his rider ; another, with an irritable 

 constitution and a washy make, loses his appetite, and begins to scour if a 

 little extra work is exacted from hnu. The term unsoundness caimot be 

 applied to either of these ; it would be opening far too wide a door to 

 disputation and endless wrangling. The buyer can discern, or ouijht to 

 inow, whether the form of the horse is that which will render him likely 



