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pbow p:onorall y what Jisoasos, ailments, and defects 

 have been hold to bo and arc '* unsoundness" in a 

 hoi-se, and also to point out those faults or habits 

 in the horse as distinguished from defects con- 

 stituting unsoundness, and Avhich generally are 

 called vices, and against which a warranty of " free 

 from vice" shoidd protect a buyer. 

 Vice not Yicc, or really vicious habits, in a horse are so 



cealcd. easily enumerated, and so apparent, that it requires 

 no skill to discern them. A biter or kicker soon 

 shows the vice, if it is a real one ; and, if it is 

 only a supposed vice, it is often the fault of the 

 buyer ; because a person may have bought a horse, 

 and, upon trial, suppose his purchase is vicious 

 and ill-tempered, whereas the animal is really 

 not so. Many horses will be perfectly quiet and 

 good-tempered with persons who are not afraid 

 of them, or who treat them kindly, but who be- 

 come perfect nuisances where allowed to have their 

 own way, or become so terrified by ill-treatment 

 as to show their fear in the only way dumb 

 animals can show it, by shying, bolting, or kick- 

 ing. There are, moreover, vices which are only 

 sliown on particular occasions, and which are often 

 tlic product of fear from some particular cause, or 

 resentment for some particular injmy. 



A liorse that was known to be perfectly quiet 

 for years was struck l)y a groom on the stiiie 

 joint witli a slablc-fcn-k to make it get over while 

 the litter was Ijciu"' sliook out; the horse never 



