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nation. Soles were thin and convex. There did not appear 
to be any unusual paring, causing the thinness of sole. Con- 
vexity is unnatural, and is consequence of disease caused by 
founder. Horse may improve after being foundered, and 
return to his work ; but if ever foundered, horse unsound. 
Founder always causes lameness, but its effect may go off so 
far as to allow horse to go about its work without appearing 
to ordinary observers to be lame. A nail driven unskilfully 
could not have caused appearance of hoof. Quite satisfied 
unskilful shoeing could not. Takes a considerable time to 
produce convexity of sole, at least six weeks or two months ; 
but in this horse, judging from external rings and his exami- 
nation generally, must have been at least four or six months. 
Horse well enough shod — nothing wrong. Does not think 
there were leather soles, Saw gelding on Tuesday last. 
Saw him at Whitson, Newton, Mr. Strachan’s farm. Animal 
was still lame. Witness examined him. Took shoes off. 
Lame in fore feet — worse in off one. Remains of a corn on 
inside heel of near fore foot, where it had been before. Ap- 
pearance of animal was such as witness would have expected, 
but not so lame. Had been going on soft ground ploughing. 
Not shaken, but confirmed in his first opinion. Animal is 
still an unsound horse. 
The witness in his cross-examination, explained the differ- 
ences between acute and chronic founder, and repeated his 
statement that the rings upon the crust, and the appearance 
of the sole, led him to believe that the feet had been diseased 
from four to six months. 
Thomas Pollock , veterinary surgeon, Edinburgh. — Examined 
gelding with Horsburgh on 5th January. Fore feet were in 
unsound state — thinness of sole when witness saw it — had 
been caused by paring, as he thought, but soles were dis- 
eased independent of paring. Hoof seemed to have been 
recently poulticed. Corns on both fore feet. Horse was 
not sound when witness examined him. There was thorough- 
pin on near hock — must have been diseased for months. 
Rings on hoof there of long standing. Corns of long stand- 
ing. Has no hesitation that animal was unsound for months 
The witness in his cross-examination, stated that “ the 
inflammatory appearance of the sole, taken separately, might 
have arisen from recent causes, eight or ten days,” but that 
the horse was lame from the chronic disease, and not from 
this recent inflammation. 
[This closed the case for the plaintiff.] 
[To be continued .) 
