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spring and laslicd out at a boy who opened the 

 patos, nearly unseating bis rider ; but as soon as 

 the groom saw the animal's eye, ho foretold that 

 it would be down with foot fever before the morn- 

 ing, an opinion whicli was fully Vfrifit'd, and it was 

 only by great care and watching that the horse was 

 brought round again. This horse was sound the 

 day of the run, but was not in a condition to sell 

 as sound the day after, although in a fortnight he 

 had quite recovered. 

 .«iynii>(oins In chronic laminitis, a horse is always dull and 

 liuniuitis.'^ stifY at starting and first coming out of the stable. 

 This lameness, or stiiFness, will sometimes work oil", 

 but it will come on again with rest. The animal's 

 appetite, however, is not so much impaired as in 

 acute fever. This disease is not always easy to 

 discover. Sometimes it will bo days before even 

 a veterinary surgeon finds out exactly the scat of 

 the disease. It not unfrequently happens that a 

 horse is bought in a fair or at a sah^ when warm, 

 and shows no sign of lameness ; the buyer takes 

 it home and next morning finds his purchase 

 lame ; then any slight exercise, even the taking it 

 to a veterinary surgeon, causes the lameness to 

 jiii.'^s oil", and the buyer hesitates to rctm-n his 

 bargain. May be, that the horse, being ccpially 

 lame on both forefeet, does not sliow that droj) 

 which is the pc<'uliarity of lann^ness in four-footed 

 animals, and the buyer thinks ho wius mistaken 

 and keeps the purchase a few days more. At last, 



