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from accident, such as a blow, that no inflamma- 

 tion exists, and that it is of some standing, I 

 should not apprehend any great danger in pur- 

 chasing such a horse, for if the affected eye re- 

 mained in statu quo, it would not be of much 

 consequence ; and if it got worse, provided no 

 inflammation accompanied its progress, it would 

 not, in all probability, in any way affect the sound 

 eye ; and the sooner the disordered one became 

 totally blind the better, for we might then con- 

 sider all cause for apprehension over. 



Little specks that " have nothing in the wide 

 world to do with the horse's sight," are very well 

 for sellers to talk about : we will say that they 

 have not ; but they often have a great deal to do 

 in this wide world with a horse going eventually 

 as blind as a bat. I have all due respect for 

 many dealers in horses ; but in a case of " small 

 specks in the eye of no earthly consequence," I 

 must allow I would quite as soon take the opinion 

 of a clever professional man as theirs ; and before 

 buying a horse so circumstanced, I most strongly 

 recommend my readers not to neglect to do so. 



CHINKED BACK. 



There are various affections of the back, or 

 loins, of the horse, causing greater or less detri- 

 ment to the powers of exertion. I do not think 



