RESPIRATORY AFFECTIONS 



expressions are " sound in wind and eyes." 

 In the present chapter, we are only concerned 

 with the former. Obviously the vendors attach 

 great importance to soundness of wind in a 

 hunter ; therefore, it is expedient for the reader 

 to make himself acquainted with the principal 

 respiratory diseases in relationship to soundness 

 or otherwise. There is no necessity to refer, 

 excepting in the briefest manner possible, to 

 those acute pulmonary complaints which neces- 

 sarily incapacitate a horse from performing 

 work at the time of their existence. It is 

 impossible to insist too strongly upon the impor- 

 tance of soundness of wind, when selecting a 

 hunter. It may be accepted as true that all, 

 or nearly all, respiratory defects, apart from 

 acute affections, are permanent, therefore in- 

 curable. Many vendors will sell a hunter 

 under such terms as, "touched in the wind," 

 or "makes a bit of a noise," terms that are 

 familiar to horsemen, probably more familiar 

 than the latter are with the causes opera- 

 tive in the production of such abnormal 

 sounds. 



The principal defects in connection with the 

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