394 WARRANT!' AND SOUNDNESS. 



Colds or catarrhs, while they last ; 



Roaring*; broken wind; thick wind; 



Grease ; mange ; farcy and glanders ; 



Ruptures or hernia of all kinds; 



Megrims, if manifested both before and after the time of sale ; 



Founder, and convex feet ; also contracted feet, unless natu- 

 rally so ; 



Spavins and ringbones ; 



Enlargements of the sinews or ligaments ; 



Cataracts and other alterations of structure in the eyes that 

 impede or are likely to impede vision. 



Crib-bitino; is now considered unsoundness, as, thouo;h at first 

 but a vicious habit, its ultimate effect is to injure both strength 

 and condition. 



The following diseases either may or may not occasion un- 

 soundness, according to the state or degree in which they 

 exist : — Corns, splents, thrushes, bog spavins, thoroughpins, 

 wind-galls, crib-biting. 



If corns are extremely slight, being merely specks of ecchy- 

 mosis, I should not consider them unsoundness ; if, however, 

 they are large, and more particularly if the foot is weak and flat, 

 they decidedly constitute unsoundness. 



Splents, if recent and evincing tenderness on being pressed, 

 are causes of unsoundness, and so likewise if they are so large as 

 to be struck by the other leg. If, however, they are small or 

 moderate in size, and have existed for some time without occa- 

 sioning lameness, they do not constitute unsoundness. 



Thoi'oughpins, bog spavins, and wind-galls rarely occasion 

 lameness. If, therefore, they are very slight and unattended 

 with stiffness, I do not consider them unsoundness; if, however, 

 they are considerable or attended by the slightest stiffness, they 

 must be considered as unsoundness, but wind-galls are very rarely 

 so: they are, however, always blemishes, unless very slight. 



Curbs are unsoundness unless the horse has worked with tliem 

 for some months without injury or inconvenience. 



* Some horses make a considerable noise either on first starting or on 

 being much excited, bnt which frequently goes off after awhile, and may be 

 distinguished from roaring by the latter increasing with speed and the former 

 diminishing. It evidently arises from some peculiar action of the nostrils, 

 which may be seen to be greatly intlated, and thus produce a sort of vibration. 

 It is said that Eclipse, the celebrated race-horse, was a roarer ; if so, he must 

 have been one of this sort. I have known many superior liunters make this 

 peculiar noise. It does not impede usefulness, and, therefore, although it 

 may be disagreeable, does not constitute unsoundness; for Lord Ellenborough 

 has decided that " if the horse emits a loud noise which is offensive to the 

 car merely, from a bad habit which he has contracted, or from any cause 

 wliich does not interfere with his general health and muscuhir powers, he is 

 still to be considered a sound horse : on the other hand, if the roaring pro- 

 ceeds from any disease or organic infirmity, which renders him incapable of 

 performing the usual functions of a horse, then it does constitute unsound- 

 ness."— Ed. 



