STRING-HALT. S5 



In continuance of imperfections that are in a 

 general way as harmless as any imperfections can 

 be, I will now mention 



STRING-HALT. 



In the ordinary run of cases of string-halt, a 

 buyer need not be alarmed on seeing a horse thus 

 affected. Its origin or cause admits of different 

 opinions even among the professional ; it would> 

 therefore, be great arrogance in me to give any 

 opinion of my own on the subject. I have heard 

 it accounted for, however, by some persons in so 

 very extraordinary a way, that I feel C[ulte con- 

 fident such opinions were in most cases quite 

 erroneous. This much I may admit, — I con- 

 sider those who attribute the motion to some af- 

 fection of the hock or stifle, or in some of the 

 muscles or ligaments necessary to Its play, form 

 their opinion on good grounds. What the affec- 

 tion may be, we will not enter into here. This 

 much, however, we may infer, — if the horse Is 

 not lame in or after work, let the cause be what 

 it will, it most probably is not a^'serious one; 

 nor need we fear its c^ettlno: worse, or at all 

 events not suddenly so ; nor do I believe that In 

 a general way, the extent of the peculiarity of 

 motion, that Is, the more or less snatching up the 

 limb, has anything to do with the animal getting 

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