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tion, and consequently the horse must be galloped 

 to ensure detection. Where for the reasons before 

 stated, this test cannot be resorted to, it is usual to 

 strike the horse very suddenly, and even severely, 

 under the flank : this excites the " roar." I cannot 

 advise the beginner to try the experiment: he would 

 act more prudently, in most cases, were he to put 

 up with an unsound purchase. I have seen the 

 joke retorted in no very courteous way, and the 

 striker has proved to be the loudest " roarer" of the 

 two. — I once saw a veteran dealer receive a kick 

 that cured him, at least for that day, of all practi- 

 cal experiments upon " roaring" horses. There is 

 another means by which the symptoms of either a 

 roarer or a broken-winded horse may be made to 

 develop themselves in a more decided manner — 

 allowing the animal to drink to repletion : this im- 

 mediately aggravates every symptom to such an 

 extent as to leave little room for doubt as to the 

 existence of the disease : but it being impracticable 

 to avail oneself of this test in the dealer's stables, 

 before the purchase is made, I only mention it as 

 a convenient method of satisfying the judgment, 

 if, after the horse is brought home, his soundness 

 appears so equivocal as to make it expedient to 

 enforce the warranty. A purchaser who has the 

 opportunity of trotting the horse at a sharp pace, 



