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tell him I had not the proper money given for it. When my master told me 
what he gave for the horse I thought it was too much. 
The letter of the 2d of May from the plaintiff to defendant, and the other 
letters on the subject, were put in and read. 
James Fox, examined by Mr. Chambers: — I am groom to Mr. Taylor, of 
Colchester, next door to Mr. Saxty. On the 22d of April I saw this horse 
at the stables, but did not notice any thing as he walked. On the 3d he was 
saddled, and the groom trotted him up and down, when I said he was lame 
in the hind leg. I afterwards saw it trotting in the Shannon coach, and it 
went lame ; the hock appeared to be lame. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Platt : — That hock was the largest. 
William Garrett, examined by Mr. Thesiger : — I am a farmer, at West 
Bergholt, and know the plaintiff. I remember this horse being brought to 
me on the 29th of April by Mr. Saxty, jun. and the servant; he was driven 
about, and I saw that lie was lame of the near hind leg ; he went verv lame. 
I thought the hock was a little thick on the inside. A horse that is spavined 
will go better when it gets warm than before. On the 29th of April I was, not 
told the horse was thought to be lame, but was left to form my own opinion. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Platt : — 1 was requested to see whether it was a 
horse that would suit Mr. Saxty. I believed this was a blood spavin — there 
are bone spavins. I did not put my hand on the leg, though that will enable 
a person to discover a spavin. 
William Cross, examined by Mr. Chambers : — I am a veterinary surgeon, 
and have been in practice fifteen years ; I am a member of the College. On 
the 7th of June I examined the horse, and discovered an enlargement in the 
near hock, which was a bone spavin. I saw the horse walked; there was a 
little stiffness in the walk, and when trotted he went lame. No doubt, the 
spavin had been existing several months. Very likely the lameness had ex- 
isted two or three months. It also went very “ feeling” on the fore feet, 
and on examination I found a contraction of the two fore feet, which would 
take a long time to cure. I examined the horse again on the 15th, and this 
confirmed my opinion. A bone spavin had been coming on seven or eight 
months, and the contraction of the feet for twelve months. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Platt : — A bone spavin is an ossification. It is an 
enlargement of the bone. This was about the size of a small walnut. The 
spavin extended to the joint. Very possibly the horse would do coaeh work. 
Samuel S. Baker, examined by Mr. Thesiger: — I am a veterinary sur- 
geon, and a member of the College. I was brought up to it. I examined 
this horse on the 15th of June, at D’Arcy, and found an enlargement inside 
the hock, which I call a bone spavin. I should say it must have been some 
months coming. The fore feet were contracted, which must have been a 
work of some time. It was an unsound horse. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Platt: — A blood spavin never ends in a bone 
spavin — they are totally different. The substance was about as large as a 
walnut, but did not lie very high. I was not told before I looked that the horse 
had a spavin ; I was of opinion that there was a spavin springing on the 
other leg. 
Re-examined : — A bone spavin and a blood spavin do not present the 
same appearances to the eye. They are in different places. 
Ebenezer Ward, examined by x\lr. Chambers. — I am a veterinary surgeon, 
and have been in practice seventeen years. I examined the horse on the 24th 
of June, and saw him trot. He was quite lame in the near hind leg, and went 
feebly and infirm on his fore legs, like an old man. [Laughter.] I found a 
bone spavin on the hind leg, which could not have been less than two or 
tnree months in forming. That was decidedly an unsoundness. 1 fouud 
