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injury (o ;i Ikh-so, and nioro or less impair his 

 natural usci'ulness. 



Stringhalt. SriuNonAi/r is a curious jerky action of tho 

 hind legs of a horse, which cannot bo mistaken if 

 once seen, and is incurable. A horse with this 

 defect is unsound. 



Diseases of Diseases of tiik Body and Lungs.— It is not 



the txKiy 



and lungs, probable that many of tho diseases of a horse's 

 body will boconie tho subject of dispute in case of 

 a breach of warranty ; for this reason, they arc 

 generally diseases which show themselves at once, 

 and are of such a nature and character t^^at no 

 pei-son of ordinary intelligence could help remark- 

 ing them at time of sale or as soon as they saw 

 the aninial in question. For instance, colic and 

 gripes of the stomach are evidently so painful to a 

 horse that it throws itself on tho <,n-ound when 

 attacked and rolls in ;ip)ny, and so with other 

 internal complaints of tho.se organs. From this 

 class, however, a distinction may bo made in tho 

 case of iir})hri(is, or inllaiiiination of the kidneys, 

 or any disease of the urinary oi'gans. No animal 

 is more subject to diseases of this class than tho 

 horse, and there are many reasons for it. The 

 water given to hor.scs is often drawn from all sorts 

 of sources rather than from a ])ond, the natimd 

 watering ])lace of a hoi-se. The liay used for hoi'ses 

 is, as a ruh-, so m<iw-burnt, ihnt tlir wonder is not 



