BUYING A SADDLE-HORSE. 155 



Surfeit. — An eruption of round, blunt spots, caused by heating 

 food. 



Thick Wind. — Defective respiration without noise. Incurable. 



Thickening of Back Sinews. — Result of strain. 



Thrush. — An offensive discharge from the frog, the result of in- 

 flammation, caused by want of cleanliness or overwork, etc. 



Thorough-pin. — A sac of synovial fluid formed between the 

 bones of the hock from side to side. 



Warble. — A saddle-gall when simply swollen but not broken. 



Warts. — Should be removed, as they tend to spread. 



Whirlbone Lameness. — Lameness of hip joint. 



Windgalls, or Puffs. — Little oval swellings just above the fetlock- 

 joint between the back sinew and the bone. 



Worms. — Sometimes troublesome, but less so than often supposed. 



Whistling. — Caused by a contraction of windpipe. Incurable. 



