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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
gentleman in whose possession the horse was now, to prove 
that the horse was sound then, and continues so at the present 
moment. 
Mr. John Kent, veterinary surgeon, of Bristol, was then 
examined and said — I have had my certificate or diploma 
forty-one years. My business, as a veterinary surgeon, is 
the most extensive of any one in Bristol. I made an ex- 
amination of the horse in question on the 3d of June. I 
examined the horse first at the Repository, and then had 
him taken to my own forge, I examined him very par- 
ticularly in every respect, and gave the following certi- 
ficate : 
“ Having, at the request of Mr. William Plummer, examined a bay five-years- 
old horse, with special reference to his hocks and fore-feet ; this is to certify, that 
his hocks and fore-feet are good, and perfectly free from disease and effect, and 
free from impeded action, and that the horse is sound. 
“ Given under my hand, this 3d day of June, 1853. 
“ John Kent, Veterinary Surgeon, Bristol." 
Mr. Jillard. — Mr. Kent, did you examine the horse’s feet 
very particularly? 
Mr. Kent. — I did examine the horse’s feet very particularly, 
and I am certain that the horse was perfectly free from lame- 
ness. I examined his fore legs and feet and am certain that 
there was no enlargement of either bones, joints, ligaments, 
or tendons — that there was neither lameness nor impeded 
action. I had his shoes taken off in order to make a thorough 
examination. The hoofs and soles of both fore -feet were 
natural and healthy, there was neither sandcrack, corn, nor 
thrush, nor defect of any kind in either hoofs or soles ; there 
was no inflammation or unnatural heat in the feet. I saw 
the horse trotted on pitching and hard road ; I hammered his 
shoes when on, and his hoofs and soles when the shoes were 
off, and am certain that there was neither pain nor inflam- 
mation in his feet. I also examined very particularly his 
hocks and hind extremities ; there was neither enlargement 
nor impeded action in the hocks, their structure was natural 
and action perfect. The horse was not a roarer, and was in 
every respect sound. I saw him several times, to ascertain 
whether he pointed his feet in the stable, or moved them 
alternately as indicative of pain, knowing that when disease 
is going on in the feet, whether it be ossific (bony) or inflam- 
matory, the horse will be restless, moving his feet alternately, 
clearly indicating pain in the feet. At various times I 
watched the horse, in the whole, I believe, for more than two 
hours, and by that means I am certain that the horse was free 
from pain or lameness in his feet. 
