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rest or not, you will find his shoulders stiff, his pasterns) 
upright, and that he goes on his toes. If you do not watch 
him yourself during the time he is resting, something like 
the following may happen. 
About six years ago I drove a distance of a few miles 
from Leeds to examine a horse that I suspected had a 
slight touch of groggy lameness, and used the means I 
have above recommended, but went and sat down with 
the vendor after warming the horse and putting him in 
the stable. On my making my appearance the vendor's 
man quarrelled with the horse and excited him so that, 
instead of his walking gwze¢ly out of the stable, he made 
a tush for the door so as to éffectually mask any stiffness 
of gait the horse might otherwise have evinced. It was 
late in the afternoon on a winter’s day, and darkness ap- 
proaching’; there was no time for a repetition of the 
exercise and standing, so that I bid the intended seller 
good-day and started home, and for my own sake I had 
to make a second journey, because it was clearly my 
fault for not having watched the horse myself. Indeed 
you miss a good deal by not watching how he disposes 
of his feet during his rest, to see if he points and keeps 
shifting his feet. 
If you see the symptoms named as the horse is being 
led out of the stable, you may be pretty certain that 
navicular disease is causing them, and condemn the 
horse as unsound. You are not bound to specify the 
particular disease, either in a certificate or orally, to 
either your employer or any other body. It is far safer 
