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Vice. Yicp:. — A liorsc is said to ln' vicious vvlion it has 



a (Uiiujerously bad habit, that is, dangerous to those 

 who have to do with the animal, or dangerous to 

 itself. Hearing, kicking, and biting are mani- 

 festly vices, as they are dangerous to persons who 

 have to attend to a horse; so, too, jibbing and 

 running away are vices, if habitual. Some people 

 class rolling in the stable, turning round in the 

 stall, and such like proceedings of a horse as 

 vices ; but it would be difficult to persuade a jury 

 that thoy were dangerous or injurious habits, and 

 therefore, they will not be here put down in that 

 category'. Crih-hititxj and gnawing the manger 

 are bad habits, and are sometimes classed as vices, 

 as they are supposed to injure the horse itself. If 

 they do so they are unsoundness, because anything 

 which renders a horse less useful tlmu natm-e sug- 

 C-csts, is unsoundness. 



There are many other diseases and defects in 

 horses than those before enumerated; but, prac- 

 tically, it will be found that the diseases and de- 

 fects mentioned in the foregoing jtages are the 

 diseases in ninety-nine cases out of a hundi-ed 

 which fonu tlic caus(» of dispute in buying or .sell- 

 ing horses. In all disea.ses of duinb animals, a 

 great diiliculty must occur from tluir not being 

 able to tell tlie tale of their own symptoms; but 

 farriery or the veterinary art has of late years so 

 much developed, that a comi)lainant should have 



