HORSE DOCTOR. 43 



CRIB-BITING 



AltI)oii!:!^h some learned judfi^es have assei ted thatcrib- 

 bitiiig is simply a trick or bad habit, it must be regarded 

 as unsoundness. This unnatural sucking in of the air 

 must to a ceitain degree injure digestion. It must dis- 

 pose to colic, and so interfere with the strength, and use- 

 fulness, and health of the horse. Some crib-biters are 

 good goers, but they probably would have possessed 

 more endurance had they not acquired this habit; and 

 it is a fi\ci well established, that, as soon as a horse be- 

 comes a crib-biter, he, in nine case's out of ten, loses 

 condition. 



CURB 



Constitutes unsoundness while it lasts, and perhaps 

 while the swelling remains, although the inflammation 

 may have subsided; for a horse that has once thrown 

 out a curb is, for a while at least, very liable do so again, 

 to get lame in the same place on the slightest extra ex- 

 ertion ; or, at all events, he would there first fail on ex- 

 traordinary exertion. A horse, however, is not returna- 

 ble, although he should spring a cutb five minutes after 

 the purchase ; for it is done in a moment, and does not 

 necessarily indicate any previous unsoundness or weak- 

 ness of the part. 



CUTTING, 



As rendering a horse liable to serious injury of the legs, 

 and indicating that he is either weak, or has an awkward- 

 ness of gait inconsistent with safety, produces, rather 

 than is, unsoundness. Many horses go lame for a con- 

 siderable period after cutting themselves severely ; and 

 others have dropped from the sudden agony and en- 

 dangered themselves and their riders, 



ENLARGED GLANDS. 



Simple catarrh will occasionally^ and severe affection 



