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disease than the small. It is not only often fatal to the 

 racing capabilities of the animal, but unfortunately it is trans- 

 mitted to the progeny when the horse is put to the stud. 

 But I have known, in a few instances, horses badly affected 

 with the malady to recover. There is regrettably neither 

 admitted cause nor known cure for it, for the seat of the 

 disease is quite uncertain. 



The late Lord G. Bentinck had a grey mare so afflicted 

 killed, and employed Mr. Field, the eminent veterinary sur- 

 geon, to trace the cause ; but he failed to do so, and said 

 the respiratory organs were natural and healthy, and in fact 

 that there was no malformation or disease, and nothing to 

 be seen that could enable him to account for it in any shape 

 or way. It comes on very suddenly, and is unmistakably 

 defined in a day or two. Horses that have had inflamma- 

 tion of the lungs, or a long illness from strangles, are more 

 subject to it than others that have not been so affected ; but 

 some hundreds recover from both these complaints without 

 becoming roarers. Again, whilst some few horses are scarcely 

 affected by it, others, as long as they have it, are perfectly 

 useless for racing purposes ; whilst some, the rare exception 

 it is true, recover, and are as good as they ever were, 

 showing no ill-effects whatever. 



BrigantineyNz.'s, an extraordinary instance of this exceptional 

 recovery. In the early part of her two-year-old career, she ran 

 successfully and in perfect health. In June she was taken ill, 

 but recovered sufficiently to fulfil her engagement at New- 

 market in the July meeting, when, however, she ran badly, 

 and on her return home was found to be an undoubted roarer. 

 The winter passed, and with the spring preparation, as her 

 work increased, the disease gradually diminished, and ulti- 

 mately left her as sound as the day she was foaled ; in time, 



