112 THE HORSE. 



When the vein is at length destroyed, and the sur- 

 rounding parts completely healed, the horse will not be 

 impeded in doing his proper work, and will not require 

 to have extra attention bestowed upon him. Any incon- 

 venience that he may experience may arise from the low- 

 ering of his head in feeding off the ground when he is 

 " at grass," as on such occasions an enlargement may be 

 perceived at the junction of the head and neck, on the 

 affected side. But as he does not show any signs of the 

 swelling being unpleasant, as he does not demand extra 

 care, as he continues to perform the proper work of his- 

 class, and, as the swelling vanishes soon after the head is 

 raised, he is SOUND. 



However, the loss of the vein, to prevent dispute, had 

 better be mentioned. 



The deprivation of this vein in a horse is a BLEMISH. 



When the neck veins on both sides are destroyed, the 

 horse may still be able to do his assigned work properly. 

 Nature oftentimes finds beautiful substitutes for per- 

 forming work that was intended to be done by apparatus 

 which has been destroyed. But if he is turned out "at 

 grass," and therefore forced to feed off the ground, he is 

 likely to be choked; on that account, therefore, he re- 

 quires more than the ordinary care required by horses of 

 his class, and is consequently UNSOUND. 



Where there is a liability to irritation in the neck vein, 

 arising either from constitutional peculiarities, or from 

 the horse's condition at the time, it is advisable to bleed 

 from the leg vein; this latter vein should be the one se- 

 lected to bleed from in those cases, also, in which the 

 horse to be bled has already lost one of the neck veins. 



LARGE BARREL. 



A good, large, barrel-shaped body is evidence of a 

 horse's possession of good health and powers of en- 

 durance; it is, therefore, a sign that he is SOUND. 



