SOUNDNESS IN HORSES. 
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LECTURE I. 
Introduction—Horse Examination might well form a Specialty— 
General View—The Horse remains a Living Testimony to 
your Opinions—Importance of Method — Professor Dick’s 
Method—Watch the Horse in his Stall—Cribbing, Weaving, 
Windsucking—Weaving—Attitude in Standing—Spavin and 
Stringhalt — Latent Spavin— Examination of Eyes ~ 
Ophthalmia—Iritis—Tension compared. 
GENTLEMEN,—It is customary, .on delivering the first 
lecture of a course, to refer the students attending 
the class to the best text-books on the subject; but, 
unfortunately for me and for you, there are no works 
at all on the matter which is to occupy our attention 
now; so that you will have to rely entirely on what 
you hear and see, and take notes as best you may. 
There is possibly no subject in connection with horses 
of more importance than their examination as to sound- 
ness and fitness; and I venture to assert that if the 
same spirit for specialism existed in our profession as 
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