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period—six months at least. A foalish frolic may spring 
a curb on any hock, and the chances are great that the 
enlargement will be visible through life; but such parts, 
when a long time has elapsed, are stronger than they 
would otherwise have been. Even a curby hock, having 
upon it a curb, is a stronger hock than it was before ; 
if sufficient time has elapsed to allow of completed 
organization of the lymph, which has been thrown out 
in the process of repair, an extra back stay has been put 
where one was needed. 
“Sprung hock” I know nothing about, neither do I 
know anything about “ occult” spavin. 
Capped hock is an enlargement at the point of the 
‘hock from a blow or blows, and, except when fresh 
done, seldom causes lameness, but rather points to the 
vice of kicking in the stall, and is more frequently found 
on females than on males, because the former during 
cestrum frequently kick and knock their hocks against 
their stalls, 
