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that are given more time to mature. Besides tliis, they 

 are not put so much on their haunches, as are cross- 

 country horses and troopers. 



Fever in the feet, and its effects. 



Glaucoma. 



Hoof, defects of the. — No defects of the hoof, which are 

 congenital, or caused by laminitis, and which might 

 render it unduly weak or brittle, should be passed over 

 in stud animals. 



Laminitis, and its effects. 



Navicular disease. , . 



Ophthalmia, 'periodic. 



Ossification of the lateral cartilages (" side bones "). 



Pasterns twisted. — Here the toes are turned either in or 

 out. 



Bingbone. — True ringbone is one of the most objection- 

 able defects in a stud animal ; while even the false kind, 

 which is a bony deposit on one of the pastern bones, and 

 does not implicate any of the joints of the foot, should 

 not be lightly passed over. 



Roaring. 



Side hones. 



Sight, congenital defects of ; supposing, that they affect 

 the animal's usefulness. 



Spavin, hog. — See " Bog-spavin," page 50. 



Spavin, hone. — See "Bone-spavin," page 51. 



Splints. — Splints should be viewed with great suspicion 



