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so frequently resulting from its presence, but 

 many hocks have been described as spavined 

 when they have been perfectly normal, and 

 this is just where the trouble comes in, Le, in 

 the accurate determination of the existence, or 

 non-existence of spavin in those hocks that 

 are normally of a coa7'se character. When 

 spavin makes its appearance it does so at 

 the inner and lower aspect of the hock, just 

 where the cannon joins the joint, sometimes 

 more towards the front than at the side, if so, 

 it occupies its worst position. Although some 

 horsemen are able to recognise a spavined hock 

 when they see it, it is seldom that such have 

 any correct idea as to the nature of the disease. 

 To begin with, the bone-spavin itself represents 

 nature's method of strengthening a part that 

 has received some form of injury, in other 

 words the site of the spavin has been, or it 

 may be still is, the area of local inflammation, 

 and by local inflammation, we imply such as is 

 confined to a limited area. The new deposit 

 of bone, or the spavin, represents the legacy 

 of this inflammation, and, with few exceptions, 

 the condition is permanent. The re-absorption 



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