SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



this fact should be borne in mind when 

 advising a dient as to whether he 

 might safely venture to purchase. 



A large number of veterinary surgeons 

 are in the habit of passing as practically 

 sound cart horses over five years, with 

 good substantial hocks, and free from 

 lameness. 



Not a few believe that a spavined hock 

 is " strengthened " and as good as or 

 even better than one free from it. 



The size of a spavin bears no relation- 

 ship to lameness. 



Many horses having huge spavins 

 never show the slightest sign of giving 

 way, whereas others having a trifling 

 enlargement are incurably lame. With 

 the former it is fair to assume that the 

 inflammatory deposit has been repar- 

 ative, and in the latter a destructive 

 inflammation. 



Some practical veterinary surgeons 

 pay attention to the position of the 



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