SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



lage to undergo its degenerative change. 



In common fairness to buyer and seller, 

 and as a protective measure for the 

 examiner, it is, in the author's opinion, 

 advisable to reject the horse, passing 

 him as sound in other respects, explain- 

 ing the nature of the defect to the client. 

 If the latter can get a slight reduction 

 in the price, so much to his advantage. 



One or more of the cartilages may be 

 affected, and in rarer instances, those 

 of the hind limbs. In the latter case, 

 their significance is small. 



Indurated Cartilages. — By some 

 this is spoken of as incipient sidebone. 

 There is some doubt as to whether this 

 is the right term to apply. Indurated 

 cartilages are not at all uncommon, and 

 more frequently met with in light horses 

 than sidebone, and in two instances 

 coming under the writer's notice were 

 " apparentl}' " the cause of lameness. 



We use the term " apparently," be- 



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