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to be naturally large ; one of the hocks was diseased ; the 
other appeared free from disease ; the mare had got a bony 
enlargement upon the right fore pastern which I designated 
“ ringbone ;” her locks were curby. 
Cross-examined by Mr . Battersby , Q.C. — Decidedly I am 
not infallible 
Mr. Sidney (to witness) — Is it a fact that you would pro- 
nounce a horse to be unsound merely because it had been 
pronounced to be sound by Mr. Watts? 
Witness — On the contrary, that is a most malicious allega- 
tion. 
Mr. Battersby , Q.C. — Perhaps you don’t entertain a bad 
opinion of him at all? 
Witness — I don’t intend to answer that question. I leave 
you to judge what opinion I entertain of him ; I think it is 
not fair to ask me what I think of him ; I don’t believe 
thoughts will be taken in evidence (laughter). 
Is not the ordinary representation of Dycer’s, in selling a 
horse which is supposed to be sound — “ engaged sound — 
subject to the opinion of a veterinary surgeon?” 
I am hot aware that it is. 
If a horse be sold ee sound — subject to the opinion of a ve- 
terinary surgeon” named, is that opinion conclusive. 
Decidedly not, if it be erroneous, particularly if the surgeon 
has been selected by the vendor instead of the vendee ; I 
wrote down the examination relative to the u soundness” of 
the horse for the purpose of preventing you, Mr. Battersby, 
in your cross-examination, from inducing me to commit 
errors, you are so exceedingly sharp (laughter). 
Mr. Battersby — Well, I shall begin to entertain a better 
opinion of myself, after such a character from so high an 
authority. 
Witness — I cannot say how long before November, 1853, I 
saw this horse lame, but at the period when I examined the 
horse, the fact of my having before observed it to be lame 
escaped my memory, but it occurred to me before leaving the 
yard. 
Mr. Battersby — I am only surprised that you can recollect 
the circumstance so well. 
Witness (to Mr. Battersby) — The horse was something like 
yourself — once seen never to be forgotten (laughter). 
Was the horse very lame when you examined him ! 
He was not ; he was so lame that his lameness could not 
have escaped a practised eye, but would that of the tc unini- 
tiated ;” lameness is not always the result of pain ; for 
instance, if you had a wooden leg, Mr. Battersby, you would 
