I "Broken knees" deserve to have had a chapter 

 j dedicated to their exclusive service. 



Every tyro that has ever mounted a horse in 

 I his hfe, flatters himself that at least he can detect 

 'a "broken knee;" and if a square inch of hair is 

 removed, disclosing a wound of an inch diameter, 

 perhaps he may ; but should my pages be honoured 

 by the notice of a reader of this description, he 

 will probably be astonished when I tell him, that 

 the actual injury may be ten times more extensive, 

 when the apparent blemish is almost imperceptible. 

 A wounded knee, as such, is only a blemish, and, 

 abstractedly, of no more consequence than any 

 casual disfigurement of the head or flank ; but it 

 iS always an indication of existing or recent un- 

 soundness; at least it should, in prudence, be al- 

 vvays so regarded, unless it happens to be within 



