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in tliis part was sound in wind and eye, and capable of 

 being hunted. 



Cross-examined by Mr. WHiite, witness said that on an 

 average there would be from thirty to forty horses at their 

 meets. 



Mr. Timson, a member of the New Forest Hunt, said he 

 had seen the animal in question, and it went as well as 

 others. There was no reason why a horse with a side-bone 

 should not hunt, unless it was lame. The animal was not 

 lame when last he saw it, in December or January. 



Mr. William Thomas Wallace, proprietor of the Bedford 

 mews, said he had had experience of twenty-five years in 

 hunting and other horses. The horse, as far as he saw on 

 the day of sale, presented no appearance otherwise than 

 that it might be considered a good hunter. His definition 

 of a good hunter was — sound in wind and eyes, and capable 

 of being hunted within the time specified for trial. 



Cross-examined by Mr. White, who asked him if he would 

 buy a horse with ossification of the cartilage as a good 

 hunter, witness said it was a matter of degree. He had 

 known horses theoretically unsound and practically sound. 



Mr. Barford, veterinary surgeon, deposed to examining 

 the animal in question on the 7th inst. He saw nothing 

 to prevent the animal being a good hunter. He found 

 slight side-bone. The animal was not lame when he saw 

 him. 



i\Ir. James George Burden, veterinary surgeon, Southamp- 

 ton, deposed to examining the animal on the 26th January, 

 and the animal was, in his opinion, sound. He saw no 

 side-bone. It could not be possible for the animal to have 

 hunted as had been related if it had been lame in both fore- 

 legs and had much side-bone. 



Cross-examined by Mr. White, witness said he found a 

 splint on one of the fore-legs. No reason was given to him 

 for an examination of the animal. 



