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would do for a farmer. Sir Eaton Travers would not have minded 
the looks. He never said it was a bad-looking animal. He is not 
too handsome, not a handsome horse. He was returned after Sir 
Eaton had had him about a month. 
The cheques, by which payment was made for the horse both to 
Mr. Clarke and Mr. Sayer, were put in. 
John Gowing. — I am in the service of Mrs. Manning, of Yar- 
mouth, who carries on the business of a blacksmith. I recollect 
Sir E. Travers sending a cob. I observed the foot. I told Sir 
Eaton that he would not be safe unless the foot was covered with 
leather. I pressed my finger against the diseased part, and the 
horse drew back its foot as if in pain. 
Richard Carter . — I am a veterinary surgeon, at Dereham. I 
examined the horse on the 15th of December. I found the sole of 
the foot not only altogether flat, but bulging at points. I should 
say that the foot was altered in structure, from some inflammatory 
action. I mean that it was out of formation from inflammatory 
action. The disease is called “ Laminitis,” that is, inflammation 
of the laminae. The effect was to cause a tenderness of the foot. 
It would be unsafe for any one to ride him on a rough road who 
valued his neck. The disease had been of six months’ standing. 
I did not know that the disease would get worse with attention. It 
would require a leather shoe. This among persons of my pro- 
fession is considered an unsoundness, and incapacitates a horse for 
performing its ordinary duty. 
Cross-examined. — I do not think the horse would get better. If 
he was placed up to the fetlocks in water for some time, or in soft 
clay, he might get better so as to deceive the eye, but he would be 
as bad as before in a week. With the assistance of a leather shoe, 
he might be used. He would not, however, be any thing more 
than an unsound low-priced horse. The leather upon the foot 
would act as a protective agent. 
William Smith. — I am a veterinary surgeon, at Norwich. I 
saw the bay cob in question about the 8th of December. I examined 
it. I had the shoes removed. The feet were not sound. The 
disease had, probably, been of some months’ standing : I will not 
say how many — it is impossible for me to say how long, as there is 
in some feet a predisposition to the disease. I should say it had 
existed in this horse more than three months. 
John F. Collins. — I am veterinary surgeon to the 16th Lancers. 
I examined the cob on the 10th December. I am of opinion the 
horse was unsound. I should say that the disease was from six to 
eight months’ standing. 
Cross-examined . — It is unlikely that the horse would have got 
better. No one who was unaccustomed to the disease would be 
