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effect. By the early stages of spavin I mean that inflamma- 
tory action in the hock which leads to spavin, but which 
may sometimes, not always, be obviated by care and rest. 
I said I attributed the horse’s lameness to the early stages 
of spavin. When it becomes a bony spavin the enlargement 
never goes away. I don’t think there was any bony enlarge- 
ment in the hock. From the symptoms I saw, supposing 
the horse had been put to work, I believe they would have 
ended in spavin. The first symptoms of strangles are dulness, 
loss of appetite, sore throat, and swelling of the glands ; and 
generally, perhaps, there is a cough. 
Re-examined — -The certificate produced was written 
by me. 
Mr. John Miles Males , veterinary surgeon, of Oswestry, 
gave the particulars of his examination of the horse in ques- 
tion on the 1st of September. His evidence generally 
accorded with that given by Mr. Litt. 
Mr. John Meredith , veterinary surgeon, Yockleton, also 
gave evidence in support of Mr. Litt’s statement. 
This closed the plaintiff’s case. 
Mr. B. H. Smallwood addressed the jury at some length, 
and then called the defendant, who stated that he purchased 
the horse in question at Drogheda May fair, and had had 
him in his possession up to the time he sold him to plaintiff, 
during which time the horse was worked regularly, and he 
believed him to be sound at the time he sold him. The 
animal showed no sign of lameness while in his possession. 
He gave a warranty with the horse to plaintiff. On the 
22d of September he saw plaintiff, and had some con- 
versation with him, during which he said if Mr. Crowe stated 
the horse was spavined he would take him back as he did 
not care about the strangles. He sent for Mr. Crowe, but 
was not present when he came to examine the horse, and he 
left his brother (Mr. T^homas Bowring) to arrange the mat- 
ter. When the horse was sold by auction, he instructed Cox, 
the fishmonger, to buy him. He was in Cox’s possession, i 
month, and he afterwards kept him himself until Drayton 
fair, when he disposed of the animal to a neighbour, a 
Mr. Challenor. 
Mr. Thomas Bowring deposed to his being present when 
Mr. Crowe examined the horse at the Britannia stables ; the 
latter said there was no spavin, and that the horse was sound. 
Mr. Litt came in at the time, and told Crowe he was sur- 
prised he should say so, and that he must know better. 
Mr. Litt became excited, and told Wildblood to put the 
matter into a lawyer’s hands. 
