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for although this disoaso can he easily cured, it is 

 a serious detraction from the animal's utility until 

 so cured. Grease is not always the result of 

 nerjlect ; an injury to the tender skin of a horse's 

 heel "Nvill Lrinf]^ on inllammation and grease. One 

 case, in Avhich a hunter cut himself with a flint 

 \mder the near hind pastern, turned to grease and 

 took months to cure. Another ease, where a four 

 year old colt got his forefoot over the halter strap 

 and cliafed the skin undrr the pastern joint, resulted 

 in such a Lad attack of grease that it threw the colt 

 out of work and blemished him for ever afterwards. 

 Any natural malformation of the foot is not 

 imsoundness ; thus, some horses are very flat- 

 footed, and thereby are bad travellers, and if 

 they tread on a stone, go lame for a few steps. 

 Tliin soles So, also, some horses have very thin soles to their 

 souiulncss. feet ; if these are incautiously pared by a shoe- 

 ino'-smith, who is ignorant of the fact, or of his 

 business, a horse may go very lame for awhile. 

 A ease of this kind was tried before Mr. Justice 

 Cresswell {Bailcij v. Forrest) (/>), where ho pointed 

 out to the jury that if this defect did not produce 

 lameness at the time of sale, the peculiar formation 

 — tliat is, thin soles — was no breach of the war- 

 ranty tlml tlio h(irse was sound. 



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