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afterwards lie saw her again. She was still lame, he gave her another ball, 
and ordered her more bran poultices. She continued lame, and was quite 
unsafe to ride or drive at all. In the early part of December, I went to 
Mr. Bland, and left word by his son that I should not keep her. On the 
following Sunday morning, lie came down, and examined her, and said she 
was decidedly lame then. The disease consisted of laminitis, or fever in 
the feet. On the following morning he sent a note by his son, offering to 
make some arrangement about the mare. He offered £5 for me to keep 
the mare, or he would take her again with a bonus of £5. On the lltli of 
December, I told him I should send her to livery if he would not take her 
away, and sell her by public auction. She remained fifteen days at Haye’s 
livery stable, at a cost of £2. The expenses of the sale were 13,?. She 
sold for £21 10s. She was examined by three veterinary surgeons, which 
cost £2 3s. During the time I kept her, I strictly adhered to Mr. Bland’s 
direction. She was shod at Mr. Bland’s forge. Mr. Bland ; I have no 
forge. Cross-examined: I purchased the mare on the 21st of October. I 
complained to defendant on the 21st of November, and brought her to his 
infirmary on the 23d. While I had her I rode her a little every day, never 
more than seven miles a day. I detected the failure in the feet on the 18th 
of November, about three weeks or a month after I purchased her. Mr. 
Bland offered to leave the matter to arbitration after the offer of £5. I 
never said “ I’ve got plenty of money, and we’ll have some law.” I was 
not present always when my groom fed her. I ordered her two quarterns of 
oats per day. I kept two nags, and in the stable there was also a cart- 
horse. I never rode the mare on the stones for the first fortnight. 
Wm. Goodwin, groom to Mr. W. Saul, of High Ferry, Sibsey, deposed — 
I know a mare which my master sold to Mr. Bland. I did not like to ride 
her. She fell down with me twice,— once broke my nose, and the next 
time her own knees. My master kept her four years. While I was there, 
she was only up eleven months. She was always very tender in the feet. 
Mr. Bland attended her while she belonged to Mr. Saul. He gave about 
£20 for her. My master gave about £40 for her. Cross-examined : I was 
in Mr. Saul’s service two years. The mare was there when I left. Young 
Mr. Saul frequently rode her. She always stepped short. I do not know 
when Mr. Bland purchased her. 
Peter Palmer said — I am groom to Mr. Hammond, and I attended the 
mare. I gave her two quarterns of oats per day, until the last fortnight. 
My master did not use the mare much; he used to ride her round the 
farm ; she never came home in a sweat. When in the stable, she always 
appeared to be resting one foot. I brought her to Boston. She was so 
lame that I dared not ride her. 
Augustus Woodthorpe, blacksmith, deposed— I remember a bay mare 
being brought to me by Mr. Hammond, to have her shoes taken off, and 
her feet examined. I have had much experience in horses. I have been 
used to shoeing horses from my cradle. Her feet were so sore that she 
could scarcely stand. Round the coronet of the hoof there were seams and 
rings, which denoted lameness. These rings had not grown in a day Or a 
month. They showed unsoundness. The sole of the foot was very high — 
it ought to be hollow. Cross-examined : I do not remember when the mare 
was brought to me. It is about three weeks or a month since. 
John Geo. Dickinson , veterinary surgeon, said— I am a member of the 
R.C.Y.S. I examined a bay mare brought to me by Mr. Hammond, on the 
9th of December. I gave the certificate produced. 1 then pronounced her 
diseased in both fore feet, arising from laminitis ; there was a general alter- 
ation in the structure of the feet,— laminitis almost invariably produces a 
separation of the horny sole from the fleshy sole. This is a disease of which 
there can be no doubt. The external appearances are very plain. There 
