62 CRIB-BITING. 



" Sir J. Scarlett — Don't you know that crib- 

 biters are always draughted from a regiment. 



" Witness. — Not unless they have some other 

 defect besides crib-biting. 



" Re-examined Crib-biting did not arise 



from impaired functions in the animal, though it 

 sometimes produced that effect. 



" Lord Tenterden. — Suppose a crib-biter sold 

 to-day in good condition, in six months hence it 

 is found to have inflammation in the stomach or 

 bowels, with a difficulty of breathing, or any of 

 the other symptoms you have described, should 

 you say it was unsound or not ? 



" Witness. — Unsound when sold, inasmuch as 

 you would be able to trace the effect from the 

 cause. 



" ^Iy. James Turner stated, that crib-biting, in 

 his opinion, was, in the greater number of in- 

 stances, a habit contracted by imitation. Whether 

 it was or was not injurious to the health of the 

 animal, depended upon the degree in which it 

 existed. Witness believed that a horse might 

 be a crib -biter and yet be perfectly sound ; but 

 he believed also, that it was decided unsound- 

 ness in many cas.es. It showed itself more par- 

 ticularly by the animal distending its body with 



