160 EXAMINATION OF HORSES. 
altogether, because it is not only your opinion which 
makes the defect unsoundness in a Court of Law. 
Should your second paragraph contain a host of adverse 
conditions, the whole of these put together will not 
constitute legal unsoundness, if some ove of them does 
not. In such a case you state it as your opinion that the 
horse is sound. 
Again, should you find anything about the horse which 
is a Zegal unsoundness, but which gives rise to no detri- 
ment, and is not likely to give rise to any detriment, you 
may state that the horse is in your opinion practically 
sound. 
Finally, let me advise you to use a copying press, and 
keep copies of your certificates, and never use printed 
forms. 
