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scended the witness box, and picked out a gentleman named 
William Thompson Mann. 
Mr . Chilton said he had identified the man, but not the horse. 
Mr. Mann called. — I bought Paragon for £56, on account of Mr. 
Horridge, at Young’s livery stables, Leeds; 1 brought him to 
Chester. 
Cross-examined : — I am about 10^ stone ; I have ridden this 
horse once ; we had a nice day’s hunting; I was with Sir William 
Stanley ; we met at Hooton ; the Hooton hounds are fast ; it was a 
muggy day, and it rained torrents ; I went to the hall ; the horse 
went well that day; I certainly considered him a perfectly sound 
horse ; when sold the auctioneer said he was neither a roarer nor 
a whistler, and for anything he knew he was perfectly sound. 
Re-examined : — It is not usual to give a warranty at an auction ; 
I am a nephew to Mr. Horridge ; I rode the horse from eleven to 
two ; the hunt was some time in December ; we had various runs ; 
the largest burst was twenty minutes. 
Mr. Moore recalled. — I had the horse run out down the street ; 
I considered him thick winded ; I did not hear him cough ; I con- 
sidered him incurable ; he could do ordinary hunting. 
Cross-examined: — I call the case chronic disease of the lungs; I 
have heard of Cases where veterinary surgeons can swear they 
have known such cases where there was no chronic cough ; I have 
known of no such cases. 
Mr. Yates re-called : — I have known cases where horses having 
chronic disease of the lungs have had no chronic cough ; I had a 
mare of my own, which I sold, and she did not cough ; I have 
known other instances. 
Cross-examined : — I know of two now in Leeds. 
Mr. Byron, recalled by the Judge. — Chronic disease of the lungs 
is not always accompanied by chronic cough ; 1 have known many 
instances ; it depends upon the degree of excitement. 
The letters were taken as read. 
The warranty was as follows: — “ Sold a bay gelding, Paragon, 
“ pedigree as stated to me, by North Star out of Young Mary, 
“ by Mowbray, to J. R. W. Atkinson, Esq. Warranted to be 
“ sound. “ John Horridge. 
“ Morben, Machynlleth, 
“ Oct. 2nd, 1846 ” 
That was the plaintiff’s case. 
Mr. Chilton, with whom was Mr. Welsby, for the defendant, 
said that he had a most excellent cause to carry him through this 
long day — a cause not at all touched in the wind. (A laugh.) 
He should shew there never was a more unnecessary action 
