EXAMINATION KOk UNSOUNDNESS 57 



107. Unsound in Wind. After giving all the parts careful 

 inspection for soundness, the horse should be driven rapidly 

 for a quarter of a mile so as to discover wind troubles. The 

 horse should be stopped quickly and then by advancing 

 closely to the neck the breathing may be noted whether free 

 and easy or accompanied with a sound similar to whistling. 

 If the breathing is characterized by a wheezing or whistling 

 sound, then whistling, roaring or some other disorder of the 

 air passages is present. If the origin of the sound is 

 doubtful — it might be possible to result from too tight 

 a collar — have the horse taken out of the harness and 

 ridden rapidly. When the breathing is not regular it is 

 likely that the horse is troubled with the heaves. In the 

 instance of horses so afflicted, the breathing is more or less 

 spasmodic, the air from the lungs seeming to be half expelled 

 when the respiration stops for a brief period and then the 

 expulsion of the air is continued. In this way the depres- 

 sion of the flanks is not gradual and continuous as it is in 

 the instance of the horse with sound lungs but it is stayed 

 for a short period at a time when the breath is about half 

 expelled from the lungs. 



108. Detection of Stable Vices. Horses may have many 

 stable vices that detract greatly Irom their utility, but these 

 cannot be discovered as a rule in the show ring. To make 

 a satisfactory examination of a horse, it is necessary to see 

 it in the stable, then have it harnessed, hitched, driven and 

 subjected to a critical examination, and after these things 

 have been given careful consideration it will be only after 

 continuous companionship on the road that a man may be 

 said to truly know his horse. 



