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gentleman that had before refused him. He has since been 
running some eight or ten years, apparently as sound as ever. 
I doubt if one race-horse ina hundred would passa strict veter- 
inary examination ; for if nothing else would condemn them, 
all horses that are trained go short, wanting the freedom 
of action noticeable in carriage and other idle horses. A 
veterinary surgeon cannot well pass them in such a state, 
though there may not be, for racing purposes, the least thing 
amiss with them, 
I have seen and known several curious cases in selling horses. 
I once sold a thorough-bred horse for a hack for £15, certainly 
as far as I knew, one of the soundest horses in England, and 
a few days after he became a confirmed roarer. My grand- 
father once sold a horse for a small sum, and was asked by 
the purchaser to allow him to remain for a few days; to this 
he assented, but jocosely remarked, “If he die in the night 
he dies yours.” This had so great an effect on the purchaser 
that he went home and sent for him next morning; but on 
the arrival of the servant the horse was deady My brother-in- 
law had a young hunter, and sold him to a gentleman for 
#80 if he passed the veterinary examination. This ordeal 
he was subjected to, and on account of an incipieft spavin 
rejected. I was asked to look at his hock and did, but 
failed to detect anything amiss with it. The late Professor 
Spooner was called in and passed him sound in every 
respect, and the gentleman took the horse, and as I never 
heard of anything being wrong with him after, I imagine he 
remained sound. 
A few days before Foe Miller ran for the Ascot Cup, whilst 
trotting in the paddock he went very lame. This so astonished 
his owner that he begged me not to gallop him; but I 
assured him he. was never otherwise when in strong work, 
