2l6 ON THE HACKNEY AND HUNTER. 



neglected, even by dealers, it is of the utmoft 

 confequence to examine the hocks minutely. 

 We have the authority of Bracken, for their 

 being fafely curable, by ex ci lion, as well as 

 windgalls; of which I entertain no doubt, al- 

 though I have never experienced it. When 

 they are large, they occahon lamenefs, parti- 

 cularly at intervals. I have feen heavy, over- 

 grown, three year olds, although they had 

 never been worked, troubled with bog-fpavins. 



A curb, is a fpavin fituated along the back 

 part of the hock, juft below the elbow, or 

 extremity. It runs tapering downwards. After 

 the curb has been extirpated by fire, I have 

 ufually feen the horfe go lame. 



Capped-hocks, formerly named by Blun- 

 deville, hough-bony. This is a fwelling on 

 the point of the hocks, become callous. It is 

 the general cafe of kickers, which wound 

 their hocks by linking againft hard bodies. 



Jardons, are hard tumors upon the bend- 

 ing of the ham, on the outfide. They arife, 

 in managed horfes, from their having been 

 kept too much upon their haunches, and occa- 

 fion lamenefs. 



Sickle-hams, or fickle-houghs, in Horfes, 

 may be compared to knock or nap-knees in 

 men. The legs bend, the hocks approach each 

 other, and the feet are thrown out. It is an 

 indication of weaknefs, as is every other breach 



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