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“a breeder of horses), justice or something approaching it 
would result, provided the bare facts only were submitted to 
the four. It is foolish and illogical to expect a judge anda 
common jury to judge between experts. Each side can bring 
expert veterinarians who give, and that conscientiously, the 
most polemic evidence. Most Englishmen think they know 
something about horses, therefore most English juries are 
‘likely to contain one or more men, who “ know a horse when 
they see one,” Granted that they are judges of “ horseflesh,” 
unless they are medical men, or veterinary surgeons, they 
know nothing of horse pathology; and, in cases of un- 
soundness, they have to decide questions into which 
pathology enters largely. In questions as, to vice it is 
different, and even then it is desirable that a jury should 
know something of the ordinary habits of horses, in order 
- that they may judge of habits extraordinary. 
VII. TRIAL IN COUNTY COURT. 
For sums of £50, and under, the aggrieved party usually 
seeks redress in the County Court, because it is a quicker and 
_less expensive procedure. He may employ a solicitor, or 
“not, as he thinks fit. 
If he does not employ a solicitor he should proceed as 
follows :— 
First. He must write out three clear copies of his claims, 
giving in detail each item; for instance, the amount he has 
lost in buying the horse and in selling him; the cost of the 
‘horse’s keep, reckoned at half-a-crown to three shillings 
- and sixpence a day ; veterinary surgeon’s expenses, and any 
reasonable expenses he may have incurred in advertising and 
selling the horse. These copies must be exactly alike. One 
he keeps for his own use; the other two he takes with him 
to the Court. 
