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that are common and most likely to 

 render the animal dangerous to ride. 

 If the horse have a straight shoulder, 

 turned-in toes, or action that wears 

 away the toe of the shoe, he will not 

 be sure upon his feet. If he have 

 round joints, bent knees, or other signs 

 of weakness in the legs, he will fall 

 at very slight provocation. Should he 

 suffer from corns or other disease of 

 the feet, he may be apparently sound 

 and safe in his action, and yet liable 

 to drop to the ground as if shot, to 

 the peril of his rider's neck. With 

 defective vision he will be shy of pass- 

 ing unusual objects ; and with a ewe 

 neck he will carry his nose in the air 

 regardless of treacherous paths. Some 



of these faults may, to a certain ex- 



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