718 SOUNDNESS. 



cause lameness, it is not an unsoundness. " Mere defective forma- 

 tion, however, not producing lameness at the time of sale, is not, 

 in my ppinion, unsoundness " (Mr. Justice Cresswell, in Bailey v. 

 Forrest, Carrington and Kirwan's Reports, vol. 2, p. 131). 



Sore-shins (p. 245). — This form of bony deposit, unless when 

 very exaggerated, seldom interferes with the animal's usefulness, 

 after the inflammation has subsided. 



Speedy cutting (p. 88). 



Splints (p. 230). 



Split-hoof (p. 182) may or may not be unsoimdness, according as 

 it does or does not injuriously aSect the animal's usefulness. 



Surfeit (p. 160). — See " Skin Diseases." 



Tetter, dry (p. 161).— See " Skin Diseases." 



Tetter, humiid (p. 161). — See " Skin Diseases." 



Thoroughpin (p. 324). 



Tread (p. 90). 



Warbles. — See remarks by Mr. Baron Parke (p. 706). 



Warts. — See " Skin Diseases." 



Weaving. — This is- a vice; see p. 562. 



Windgalls. — If a windgall is soft and fluctuating tO' the touch ; 

 shows no sign of inflammatory action; does not injuriously affect 

 the horse's movements in any way; and does not become heated 

 after work; its presence may be regarded as no detriment to the 

 animal's soundness, especially, if the horse is aged. 



Wind-sucking (p. 562). 



Worn legs.—Sea " Filled Legs " (p. 716). 



Hereditary Unsoundness. 



The term, " hereditary unsoundness," is so frequently applied to 

 diseases, which, like roaring, spavin and sidebones, are acquired 

 after birth, that I am. forced to include under this heading several 

 diseases, in which the only part played by heredity is that of pre- 

 disposition, as for instance, by the transmission of faulty conforma- 

 tion (p. 252) and other causes (pp. 381 to 383). Bent fore legs, 

 twisted pasterns, and excessive convexity o£ the cornea, being 

 faults of conformation, are often hereditary. Although acquired 

 cliaracteristics (p. 21) are not inherited, any form of unsoundness 

 to which an animal might have been predisposed, on account of 

 faulty conformation, should be looked upon in stud animals with 

 considerable suspicion ; for instance, in the case of a strained back 

 tendon or suspensory ligament, if the horse was " light below the 

 knee." This, however, would be a question which could be decided 

 only after a personal inspection. The following list has special 

 reference to stud animals. 



