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2. They mtist unite sound and strong legs with depth and width of body, 

 have a ground-covering, even, and fairly easy gait, but with regard to the 

 exterior, as for instance, the length of the neck, and the junction of neck 

 and head, the requirements need not be so rigid as with the saddle horses. 



In the advertisements about the purchase of horses it must be plainly 

 stated that sellers must guarantee against hidden faults, such as asthmatic 

 afflictions, staggers, cribbing, wind-sucking, etc. The seller must be 

 required at the close of the transaction to guarantee against such faults. 

 The horse must be examined before it is received. This examination con- 

 sists of testing the eyes and the tongue. The tongue must be whole and 

 free from old and deep scars. It must also be ascertained whether the 

 horse suffers from founder, ruptures, as umbilical rupture, etc. , or scrotal 

 hernia, or hanging spermatic cord, and, as far as possible, that the geld- 

 ings are clean cut and the mares not with young. 



The muster itself must take place on a pavement and not on soft ground, 

 as otherwise lameness may not be detected. Hor.ses that are vicious, 

 shrieking, or ticklish, and horses that, on account of former injury by 

 saddle or harness, try to avoid touch by shaking themselves, must be 

 rejected. Kicking and biting anijnals must also be rejected. 



If practicable, each horse must be tried at the inspection with a rider, 

 or, if a draft horse, with a wagon, to see if he is restive or liable to bolt. If 

 this trial can not take place, the seller must be held responsible for each 

 horse's being broken to riding or driving, as the case may be. Horses 

 that are ridden together or driven together should be preferred to 

 unbroken horses or such as are only matched on the spot. 



If a detachment of infantry is ordered to purchase horses in the absence 

 of either an officer of cavalry or artillery, or a military veterinary sur- 

 geon detailed to assist it, the detachment is authorized to seek expert 

 civilian help and to pay a suitable salary for it. 



