SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



of both seller and buyer, the name of 

 the horse, its sex, colour and markings, 

 and the certificate then written, if such 

 be given. 



Some practitioners, when they find a 

 horse unsound, give no certificate — 

 others do so. It is more a matter of 

 choice. 



The terms " practically " or " use- 

 fully " sound are often employed, and 

 there is no doubt they are useful 

 " prefixes." 



In the author's opinion it is a good 

 plan — and a very safe one — to write the 

 certificate, indicate the causes of un- 

 soundness, and add a rider such as "in 

 all other respects the animal is 

 sound." 



Another matter to bear in mind, and 

 one which many veterinarians adopt, 

 and that is of having a footnote on their 

 certificates to this effect — 



" This opinion is given on the best 



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