ON SOUNDNESS, 



AND THE 



PURCHASE AND SALE OF HORSES 



That horse is sound in whom there is no disease, and 

 no alteration of structure that impairs, or is likely to im- 

 pair his natural usefulness. The horse is unsound that 

 labors under disease, or has some alteration of structure 

 which does interfere, or is likely to interfere with his 

 natural usefulness. 



CORNS 



Manifestly constitute unsoundness. The portion of the 

 foot in which bad coins are situated will not bear the 

 ordinary pressure of the shoe ; and accidental additional 

 pressure from the growing down of the horn, or the in- 

 troduction of dirt or gravel, will cause serious lameness. 

 They render it necessary to wear a thick and heavy 

 shoe, or a bar shoe, in order to protect the weakened 

 and diseased part; and they are very seldom radically 

 cured. There may be, however, and frequently is, a 



