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Aged and worn out horses are frequent 

 sufferers from incurable spavin lameness. 



Althouoh constitutino- unsoundness in 

 any class of horse it is more detrimental in 

 the case of harness and other horses required 

 for fast work. 



There is a form of ' spavin ' known as 

 ' latent ' (hidden) in which there is no ap- 

 preciable evidence of such, the disease 

 being confined to the interspaces and 

 structures between the smaller bones form- 

 ing the hock joint. 



In 'bog' spavin, the hock is enlarged 

 and 'puffy,' whilst a ' blood ' spavin is a 

 varicose condition of a vein (vena-saphena) 

 as it passes around the inner side of the 

 hock. 



Ringbone. 



This is a disease affectino- the coronet 

 joint or joints, or the pastern bone above 



