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hocks, but having no curb upon either at the time of sale. 
After hunting three times he threw out a curb. 
“His Lordship intimated to the jury that the sole question 
was whether the horse was unsound at the time of sale— 
proof of liability zo become unsound was not enough” (Vete- 
rinavian, vol. xiv., 296). 
; V. WARRANTY. 
DEFINITION. —A warranty is a written or an oral guarantee 
given by the seller or his agent to the buyer or his agent 
that the article exchanged answers, at the time of sale, to 
certain defined qualities and quantities. 
In horse warranty the following are the usual qualities and 
quantities specified :— 
. Soundness of wind and limb. 
. Freedom from vice. 
Age. 
. Breed. 
. Uses. 
WP wN 
NoTE.—Dealers usually mix up the warranty with ‘the 
written receipt they give for the price of the horse—thus :— 
Received of Joseph Wardle, Esq., the sum of fifty pounds 
sterling for a bay carriage gelding, warranted sound, 
; TONY WELLER. 
| Bowbridge, Fune 3rd, 1874. 
A Proper Warranty 
Ought to specify :— 
1. The time and place of sale. 
2. A brief but clear definition of the horse sold. 
3. The qualities and quantities warranted, 
