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in question. I found him looking very dull and very much 
amiss, and on examination I found considerable swelling of 
the glands underneath the jaws, which I attributed to an 
attack of strangles. On moving him out of the stable I found 
that he was lame behind. There was some swelling in both 
his hocks, but it was greatest in the near hock. I attributed 
the lameness to the swelling in the hocks. I could not then 
examine the horse satisfactorily with respect to his lameness, 
because there was nobody to run him out for me. On the 
next day he was brought down to my place, and I found the 
swelling beneath his jaw had increased ; and on trotting him 
out on the stones I perceived that the lameness was greatest 
in the off hind hock, although the enlargement was greatest 
in the near. I considered the hocks the seat of lameness, 
and that it was probably referable to the early stages of 
spavin. I considered him unsound from two causes, the 
strangles and the lameness. I ought to add that the enlarge- 
ment was not bony, and whether he became permanently 
spavined or not, I think was a question of rest or work. 
From the state I saw him in I think hard work would have 
produced permanent spavin. Independent of the strangles 
he could not have done the ordinary work a horse of his 
class would be required to do. Strangles frequently pro- 
duces disease of another kind, and from strangles alone a 
horse may be unable to go to work for a week or a month, 
according to the severity of the attack. It sometimes ter- 
minates in chronic disease of the lungs, and roaring. On 
the Sunday following (the 13th), I was called to see the horse 
at the Britannia, and found him very seriously, even dange- 
rously, ill from the strangles. I continued to attend him, 
and he recovered from the strangles. In my opinion if the 
horse had been put to hard work at that time he would have 
become permanently lame. 1 noticed after the horse had 
been taken out, that the lameness continued in the near 
hock, although the swelling had subsided in the other. 
*TJSe swelling beneath the jaws are only a secondary symp- 
tom of strangles. The seeds of the disease must necessarily 
exist in the system some days prior to the appearance of 
such symptoms. 
Cross-examined — I never told Wildblood to put Bowring 
into court, and I would see him through it. When Mr. 
Crowe and I were disputing as to whether strangles was a 
cause of unsoundness or not, I believe I said to Mr. Wild- 
blood, “ That is a question for the law to decide ; the couat 
is now sitting, and if you go to Mr. Smallwood you may 
have that matter settled in a month or so,” or words to that 
