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exercise ; but it is so disgusting to me on first 

 mounting, that, much as I prize qualifications, 

 the best even of these would not compensate for 

 the deformity. Those, however, who have not so 

 rooted an antipathy to it, may with perfect safety 

 buy a horse standing thus, so far as any fear of 

 lameness is concerned. I must at the same time 

 give it as an opinion, that such horses are not likely 

 to have the same elasticity in their canter or in 

 leaping as others ; they probably may have when 

 thoroughly warmed ; but, not having had prac- 

 tical experience in such horses, I am not prepared 

 to say how far this may or may not be the case, 

 and I have no wish to become better acquainted 

 with them. They are a sort that may be selected 

 or rejected, as the purchaser pleases to decide. 



I know of no other deformity very common to 

 the horse, though there are several that we may 

 occasionally meet with ; we will therefore now 

 consider such ailments of the limbs as, in certain 

 stages, are likely to occasion immediate or ulti- 

 mate lameness or infirmity, or may probably re- 

 main in a state of lasting imperfection, but still 

 of utility. 



Havino; last mentioned the hind leo:s, we will 

 look at the ailments most common to them, which 

 are — bone, bog, and blood spavins, thorough-pins, 

 and curbs. At the head of these, as the worst 

 in effect, we will consider the — 



