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applications of any kind, the disease will make its 

 appearance so plain, that you will discover evident 

 marks of lameness. The spavin is often relieved 

 for a time; and in a few instances, has been per- 

 manently cured by blistering, bathing with double 

 distilled spirits, &cc. The brisk exercise, &.C., is 

 intended to bring on a return of its effects, in case 

 the animal should have had temporary relief from 

 that distressing disease. 



When a horse is rode by any person for you to 

 judge of his gaits, you should have him moved 

 towards you, from you, and finally by you; as you 

 may have the opportunity of discovering if there 

 is any turning in and out about his knees and an- 

 cles, before or behind, which is very objectiona- 

 ble. A well shaped horse will track as true, or 

 his legs will follow each other in as direct a line, 

 as the wheels of a well constructed carriage. For 

 him to be considered a good riding horse, he should 

 move with ease to himself, and pass over the 

 ground with great rapidity. Hard steps, short 

 going, and great apparent labour, is offensive to 

 the sight, unpleasant to the rider, and fatiguing to 

 the horse himself. 



How to know a Horse's »^ge. 



The age of a horse, it is sufficiently well known, 

 is only determinable with precision by his teeth; 

 and that rule fails after a certain period, and is 

 sometimes equivocal and uncertain, even within 

 that period. A horse has forty teeth; namely, 

 twenty-four double teeth or grinders, four tushes, 

 or single teeth, and twelve front teeth, or gatherers. 

 Mares have no tushes in general. The mark, 

 which discovers the age, is to be found in the front 



