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recollect one instance where they were rendered per- 

 manently unfit for carriage work " ( Williams). Animals 

 thus affected, if free from lameness, might be certified as 

 " practically sound." 



Side-hones. — This disease (in Simpson v. Potts*) has 

 been decided to be an unsoundness ; but I must add that 

 the mare in question was actually lame on that account. 

 In Hussey v. Coleman] (Salisbury County Court, 23rd 

 Feb., 1859), which was for breach of warranty given with 

 a mare that was, subsequently, found to have side-bones, 

 His Honour, when putting the case before the jury, said : 

 " If at the time of sale there were the seeds of disease in 

 this mare — if the membranes were affected — if the 

 cartilage was partly ossified, even though it could not be 

 seen, it would be enough for the plaintiffs case, and 

 would be a breach of warranty on the part of tlie de- 

 fendant." The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. 

 Professor Williams, as we may see from the following 

 extract from his Veterinary Surgery, is of opinion that it 

 should not always be regarded as unsoundness. " Side- 

 bones are a cause of unsoundness, but all liorses so 

 affected should not be condemned on this account ; and it 

 may be laid down as a general rule, that if the feet are 

 strong, open, and well-developed, the horse showing no 

 lameness should not be condemned for side-bones. But, 



* Oliphant's Law of Horses. 

 t Veterinarian for 1859, p. 291. 



