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Horace Howlett, dealer, and horse dealer, bought the horse at 
Attleborough, and still possesses it. The animal I think, is sound. 
I have ridden and driven the horse. It is not a horse of high 
action, but it is a good one. I have tried him hard. I have 
ridden him seventeen miles to hounds, hunted him, and ridden 
him back the same day. 
Cross-examined . — I deal in horses sometimes. I have kept the 
horse myself so long, because he was a good hunter. The horse 
is not a high stepper, which is better for a riding horse. This 
horse goes “ fleet.” I have let the horse out several times. The 
horse is in Norwich. I rode the horse to meet Mr. Glasspole's 
hounds, at Kirby Cane. 
Thomas Neeve , innkeeper, and farrier, at Halesworth, rode 
the horse as a hunter at two runs. His son also rode the horse. 
It was perfectly sound. 
Cross-examined. — Mr. Howlett told me he had bought a horse 
that was disputed in character, and Mr. Howlett wished me to ride 
him, and give him my opinion. I saw the horse had a flat foot, 
but he was not tender on the road. 
Mr. Horace Durrant, farmer, at Wisset, knew the horse, and 
had rode it at a hunt. He believed it to be sound, nor was it 
tender footed. 
Mr. Crabby veterinary surgeon, of Bungay, examined the feet 
of the horse. The horse was flat-footed, perhaps thin soled, but 
not unsound. The horse did not go lame. He had ridden him on 
the road, stones, and turf. 
Mr. Oioen Wayman, of Stowmarket, deposed to the same 
effect. He took a regular examination of the foot on Saturday 
week, and never saw a sounder horse. The horse is flat-footed, 
but has plenty of sole. 
Isaac IVightman, veterinary surgeon, at Eye, saw the cob the 
same time. It was examined by Mr. Henderson on Wednesday 
morning. Decidedly it was not unsound. Looked at its feet, 
they were not diseased. 
Nelson Bedingfield, livery stable keeper, Norwich, knew the 
bay cob, which was now at his stables. Saw it on Wednesday 
morning, and observed not the slightest appearance of unsoundness 
or lameness. 
Alexander Henderson, veterinary surgeon, Park-lane, London. 
I was veterinary surgeon to the late Queen Dowager, and have 
been in practice many years. I have seen the bay cob in question. 
It was walked, trotted, and galloped. It did not stumble in the 
slightest. I examined its feet. They are perfectly sound. It 
has what is called a flat foot, but is nowise unsound. I am of 
opinion it could not have been affected with laminitis. The sole 
would have descended by this time if allowed to go on, and then 
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