Strains of the fetlock joint are almost invaria- 

 bly productive of such decided lameness, that even 

 the knavery of a professed horse-chaunter is at fault 

 to hide it. Sometimes however, partial cures have 

 been effected, though not to that degree that the 

 horse becomes safe for the saddle, or qualified for 

 severe work, even in harness. I believe that the 

 disease consists in the fracture of a small ligament ; 

 but neither the cause nor the cure of it is my 

 present inquiry, but what perceptible traces of it 

 may be expected. If the horse does not show 

 lame, I know of no other test by which to try him 

 than the comparative size of his two legs at this 

 joint ; and, as it must be a w^ell-practised eye 

 that can discover a difference, unless too conspi- 

 cuous to allow the horse to be offered as sound, 

 there is no other course than measuring the joints 

 with a straw, as I before recommended, to test the 



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