4:0 THE HOESE. 



most every day, with a warranty, without the least suspi- 

 cion being entertained of their being wrong. All those 

 acquainted with hunting establishments and the hocks of 

 horses must be aware that there does not seem to arise any 

 inconvenience from the practice. Why then should not 

 this custom become a law? At all horse repositories, you 

 will see horses with these enlargements, but going SOUND, 

 sold with a warranty, the buyer rarely discovering that 

 there ever was the least flaw. 



CAPPED HOCKS. 



Capped hocks are the result of blows, not unfrequently 

 from kicking, or rubbing against sharp corners of the 

 stall-post. Stone or fluted iron pillars at the back end 

 of the stalls are the most frequent cause. They are un- 

 sightly, but they in no way inconvenience the animal, 

 unless suppuration takes place, when they heal soon, and 

 the swelling disappears. While this suppuration is go- 

 ing on, and the wound is unhealed, as there is a disease 

 in progress, the horse is UNSOUND. 



Although in itself simple, there is no telling with cer- 

 tainty what will be the result: but when the horse is cured, 

 he is SOUND. 



Where these is no appearance of suppuration taking 

 place, he is SOUND. 



Where capped hocks, from their size, become a disfig- 

 urement to the horse, a suspicious sign on harness horses, 

 they must be recorded as a BLEMISH. 



GEOGGY. 



Horses that are what is usually termed groggy do not 

 nod, or, rather, bow their heads, on account of being 



