68 CRIB-BITING. 



" The plaintiff's attorney said he believed it 

 was the same horse that had been offered to him 

 for £30, about six weeks before. It was a good- 

 shaped horse, and in very fair condition ; but he 

 returned it because it was a crib-biter. 



" Richard Tattersall, proved that the horse was 

 sold at his father's auction, by the plaintiff's 

 direction, on the \2t\\ of July last, at 26 guineas. 

 It was knocked down in the name of Robinson ; 

 but the defendant was present at the sale, and 

 paid the money. The net proceeds were £23 : 

 19: 6d. 



" [It appeared by the subsequent evidence, that 

 the defendant having got the horse again, after- 

 wards sold it to the Rev. Dr. Halcomb.] 



" Mr. Sewell stated, that he was assistant pro- 

 fessor of the Veterinary College. Crib-biting, 

 which was a vicious habit in horses, was consi- 

 dered as an unsoundness. It was treated as a 

 disease. It frequently led to indigestion, and 

 then, of course, there was no saying what might 

 follow. It was curable in its early stages. 



" Mr. Bracy Clark was of opinion, that crib- 

 biting was one of the worst vices of ahorse. It 

 had always been considered as a vice. When it 

 became confirmed, so as to affect the health of 



