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CHAPTER XVIII. 



Unsoundness and Vice. 



When buying a horse it is, if possible, advisable 

 to obtain a warranty that the animal is free from 

 all forms of vice, in and out of harness. In fact, it 

 is quite as important to do this as to obtain a war- 

 ranty as to soundness. If this is not done, there may 

 be a difficulty in proving that the animal's vicious 

 propensities have been developed since it was 

 bought. Sometimes a horse will became vicious 

 after it passes into strange hands — more especially 

 if the attendant is a person of a bad-tempered 

 nature. 



A very large proportion of vicious habits in the 

 horse are the result of cruelty, or some foolish 

 practices at a previous date. 



As a rule, it is not a very difficult matter to trace 

 whether a horse has been vicious antecedent to 

 purchase, if its history be ascertained. 



Drugging a horse to render its vicious nature 



