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sound. If he had separation or chronic laminitis, he could not 
have travelled from Northallerton to Halifax in one day. 
Cross-examined . — I examined the horse when bought first at 
York. Saw his feet; there was no contraction of the heel. 
To his Honour, in reply to a question, “ Irregularity of secre- 
tion is not disease.” 
Henry Wheatley , veterinary surgeon, Halifax. — I have been in 
business upwards of thirty years. I examined the horse on the 
4th of May, at Mr. Hartley’s request. I examined him with care, 
and did not discover any disease to which the foot is liable. I 
certified as to his soundness. 
Cross-examined. — There was no contraction of the heel. 
Mr. Joseph Carter , veterinary surgeon, Bradford. — I saw the 
horse on the 30th July, and my attention was directed to his fore 
feet. I did not discover any disease. If partial separation had 
taken place, it is impossible for him to go unlame. He always 
went sound in Halifax streets. I have seen him at Bradford and 
Harrogate. I understood he had got a kick at Harrogate. 
Cross-examined. — There was no contraction of the heel. 
Benjamin Bower Mitchell , veterinary surgeon, Hull. — Had 
been in business twenty-five years. I examined the fore feet of 
the horse, and did not find any disease. There was slight inden- 
tation, but nothing of any importance. There was no appearance 
of laminal disease. I should have undoubtedly passed the horse 
as sound, if required to examine him for any gentleman in court. 
If a horse had the disease alluded to, he could not have been ridden 
from Northallerton to Halifax without exhibiting pain. 
Cross-examined. — The shoes were not taken off when I exa- 
mined him. I think I can give a good professional opinion with- 
out taking them off. 
John Marsden, groom to the defendant, had driven the horse in 
winter regularly, and he never exhibited any lameness. The 
horse was always firm on his feet. I rode the horse from Northal- 
lerton to Leeds, and then to Halifax, in one day. The distance is 
about sixty miles. Williamson saw the horse in Leeds when I 
passed through, and bid me «s£40 for him; but I referred him to my 
master. Afterwards he came and bought the horse. 
Bernard Hartley , Esq. — I had the horse from December to 
May. He did not exhibit any lameness, nor put out his feet in 
any particular way. I consider the horse was always hard worked 
while with me. 
J. A. Ikin , Esq., briefly replied on some parts of the evidence, 
after which, his Honour asked if the horse was here, and being 
answered in the affirmative, he expressed a wish to see him. Con- 
sequently the horse was sent for to the doors of the Court. [It 
