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But a distended, bulky stomach is, on the contrary, 

 too often an indication of dropsy, in which case, the horse 

 is UNSOUND. 



HERRING-GUTTED. 



Herring-guttedness is the converse of large barrel, 

 the horse being, in this case, small and straight in the 

 body, and, generally, of a nervous and irritable dispo- 

 sition; he may, however, be SOUND. 



But if this fretfulness of disposition renders the horse, 

 as is very commonly the case, incapable of undergoing the 

 amount of labor due from one of his class, he is then 



UNSOUND. 



Medicine administered to the horse, either too fre- 

 quently or in too severe doses, will, by producing chronic 

 irritation of the bowels, induce herring-guttedness. This 

 irritation accounts for the hot, nervous, fidgety temper 

 generally evinced by small-barrelled horses. A horse 

 thus suffering is UNSOUND. 



When, inversely, the small barrel is the result of fret- 

 fullness and fidgety temper produced by cruel treatment, 

 continued kindness, such as the horse has a natural right 

 to expect, will soon restore him to good temper, and his 

 barrel will resume its proper proportions; in this case the 

 horse is SOUND. 



"When a horse is so hot-tempered as to be dangerous to 

 ordinary users, if he has been warranted quiet for that 

 particular kind of work in which he shows irritability, 

 he maybe returned on the score of breach of warranty, as 

 his fault is a decided VICE. 



HOT WATER. 



The too frequent use of hot water, administered as a 

 drink, produces a small barrel and general debility, and 

 the horse becomes UNSOUND. 



