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THE BLOODSTONE CASE. 
an early three-year-old was taken care of, and fed with cows’ milk 
and corn, as well as being suckled by his dam, it would make 
considerable difference in its growth and general appearance. 
There was an appearance of laceration in the gums, where the 
tushes would be expected. The training and the manner in which 
a horse was bitted would make a great difference in the appear- 
ance of the colt’s mouth, and keeping the bit in the mouth would 
be likely to remove the temporary teeth much earlier. In my 
opinion the horse now at Guildford is thirty months old, and, if I 
had been called upon to examine him professionally, I should have 
given a certificate to that effect. 
Cross-examined . — I was at the last Epsom races when Running 
Rein won the Derby. I do not know whether I gelded a colt by the 
Saddler out of Mai. but possibly I might. I am not aware that 
Running Rein was described as a colt by Saddler out of Mai. 
He was so described, but I knew nothing about it ; but I know 
that the horse that did run was an entire horse. I did not give any 
information to the stewards, because I knew nothing of the matter. 
I castrated a bay colt for Mr. Goodman, or Mr. Levi Goodman. 
Cross-examination continued . — I did not know of a horse called 
Gladiator, but I may have seen him at Epsom. If I had to give 
a certificate of the age of Bloodstone, I should say he was about 
thirty months old. 
Mr. Brown, a veterinary surgeon at Warwick, confirmed the 
evidence given by the last witness, relative to the effect the bitting 
a young horse would be likely to have upon the teeth. He said 
that he examined the horse Bloodstone at Rockley, and he con- 
sidered he was a two-year-old ; and, according to racing rules, he 
would be considered a two-year-old in January last. I have ex- 
amined the mouth of Old England, the second horse, and, although 
his teeth are not so forward as those of Bloodstone, I have no doubt 
they were both two years old. Old England is certainly a two- 
year-old. 
Cross-examined . — I do not think there is any certain rule to 
tell the age of such young horses. If a horse is entered to run as 
a two-year-old, I consider he is a two-year-old, especially if he 
belongs to a respectable person. That is not the reason why I 
