10 SOUNDNESS IN HOESES. 



Blank, a brown cart mare, five years old, called Nancy, 

 tlie property of Mr. Dash, of the Greyhound Hotel, 

 Banktown, Brookshire. She is fifteen hands three inches 

 high ; has a small star on her forehead ; and white girth- 

 marks on her near side. 



"She has capped hocks; and has a splint on her 

 near fore. 



" In my opinion she is sound. 



"A. B. Case, M.K.C.V.S." 



If the animal possesses some defect which, of itself, 

 constitutes unsoundness, this fact might be remarked upon, 

 and the last two paragraphs might be merged into one, 

 which might run as follows : 



" She is five years old ; has capped hocks ; and has a 

 spavin on her off hind. She is therefore unsound." 



Price. — Some practitioners, erroneously, think that they 

 ought to be stricter about giving a certificate of soundness 

 for a horse that, if passed, would be sold for a high figure, 

 than for one of lesser value. They have, on the contrary, 

 nothing to do with the animal's price. In this view, 

 I am borne out by the opinion expressed to me, by 

 Dr. Fleming. On this j)oint, I may quote the remarks 

 made by Holt, on Broennenburgh v. Haycoch : * " It was 

 formerly, indeed, a current opinion, that a sound price 

 was ^er se an implication of warranty. In other words, 

 that a sound price given for a horse was tantamount to a 

 * Holt's Reports of Cases at Nisi Prius, vol. 1, p. 632. 



