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thrown out a spavin in the other hock ; there was likewise a con- 
firmed ring-bone in the off fore leg, and appearances of the same 
thing about to take place in all the others. 
The gentleman having had the mare in his possession for some 
time, I was desirous of knowing if he had any more of her stock 
by him ; and finding he had a yearling and a two-year-old colt, I 
expressed a wish to see them, and found both spavined. 
When in Ireland, I met with two covering stallions whose 
progeny so generally partook of their respective imperfections, that 
I cannot but make mention of them here. The one was a horse 
called Boiler, with four white legs ; the other a horse called Mu- 
sician, with very bad fore legs, and I never saw one of his stock 
whose fore legs were good. 
Nimrod makes mention of a well known fact, viz., that nine 
out of ten of the stock of a certain horse that visited Worcestershire 
some years back had either curbs or spavins ; and that Mary , by 
Precipitate , produced three roarers by three different sires. 
He farther states, page 317, “ As to hereditary influence of form, 
I can illustrate the force of this without going far from home. My 
right ear has been slit by a sabre — I have two children marked 
in the right ear.” 
That malformation and disease of joints is hereditary, I think 
the foregoing statements clearly prove, and ought to be sufficient 
to warn the breeder against such imperfections in the selection of 
his stock. 
Should you think these remarks worthy of notice, they are very 
much at your service. 
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Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non. — IIor. 
MR. BENCRAFT’S PATENT SADDLE. 
By Mr. Percivall. 
Mr. BenCRAFT has lent us for trial one of his patent saddles, 
and with it has sent us a prospectus, having appended to it a host 
of testimonials in favour of it, such as might lead us even to mis- 
trust our own opinions, were they — which we have pleasure in 
assuring Mr. B. they are not — anywise adverse to it. 
The principle of the patent consists in the interposition of a 
spring between the horse and his rider ; and the mode in which 
