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be termed temporary forms of " roaring " accompany 

 acute inflammation of the throat, strangles, etc., 

 the noise subsiding with the decline of the disease. 

 In strangles, however, there is, not uncommonly, 

 a legacy in the form of this abnormal sound. It 

 is customary amongst horse dealers to say that 

 an animal is sound and '* only that he makes a 

 bit of a noise." An intending buyer may attach 

 any meaning he likes to this, and if he chooses 

 to buy the horse after being informed of it 

 by the seller he cannot, of course, look for re- 

 dress, should the animal turn out to be a '' roarer " 

 of the worst description. What is termed a '' high 

 blower " is a horse that utters a loud sound closely 

 alHed to that of '' roaring," and practically in- 

 separable from it. The term " thick wind " is also 

 applied when the animal breathes with difficulty, 

 and the flanks heave abnormally during exertion. 



Diseases of Internal Organs. 



Very often horses are offered for sale because 

 they are not sound in their internal organs. For 

 instance, a horse may have repeated attacks of 

 colic, and the proprietor is warned that unless 

 he " puts him into his pocket," as the saying goes, 

 he wdll probably die. Under these circumstances 



