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this elicits a grunt from the horse, they say he 

 has diseased lungs; and so in general he has; 

 hut not always, neither does he always make 

 this noise when he has. It is therefore a bad 

 test. 



I need hardly say that a broken-winded horse 

 is an unsound one. Every body knows it. The 

 disease does not however render the horse use- 

 less ; on the contrary, we frequently, meet witli 

 a broken-winded horse, following the hounds as 

 well, or almost as well as the best in the field. 

 But to do so he must be well taken care of, and 

 then in spite of all care, he will sometimes be 

 good for nothing. The least change of diet, or 

 weather, seems to have a singular effect upon 

 him. 



I have heard of drugs being given to conceal 

 the symptoms of broken wind, and tliey certain- 

 ly do so to a certain extent, and for a short time ; 

 but I know of no method by which the imposition 

 may be discovered, except his peculiar cough, 

 which cannot be altered by any means. 



Roaring^ whistling, wheezing, piping, puffing^ 

 and thick wind, are names given by stablemen to 

 diflFerent stages, or modifications of one or two 

 diseases of the air passages, which, by partially 



