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slightly lame on the right, or off fore foot — the result of recent inflamma- 
tory action. The lameness was very slight indeed, and with care would 
soon be removed. I had her shoes taken off, and trotted her on the hard 
ground ; but she showed no increase of lameness. The form of her feet is 
not perfection, but still I do not consider them unsound. I have examined 
and passed many horses with similar feet. His Honour : Was she unsound 
on the 21st of October? Professor Spooner: When I examined the mare 
on the 9 th of January, there were no marks of disease indicative of her having 
been unsound on the 21st of October. I have again seen her this morning, 
and she is now sound, the slight lameness she evinced on my first examina- 
tion of her having passed off. There are no symptoms of contracted feet. 
There is not the slightest evidence of chronic disease in the feet. The 
fever in the feet might have been caused by the milk not passing off pro- 
perly. It is a very common cause of such disease. Cross-examined : If 
there had been chronic disease of the laminae, there would have been struc- 
tural marks of it. In reply to His Honour : I believe every veterinary sur- 
geon in Court has been a pupil of mine. (To Mr. York) : The slight seams 
and rings on the hoof are consistent with health. Yery frequently horses 
stand restless in the stable — it is not necessarily a sign of lameness. There 
is not the slightest symptom of laminitis in the mare. Her action is very 
good and perfect. 
Mr. Joseph Clayworth, of Spilsby, said — I have been in practice as a vete- 
rinary surgeon for twenty-seven years. I saw the mare for the first time 
on the 26th of January. It was a very hard frost. I tried her very severely, 
trotting her up and down on a very hard gravel road, and my opinion is that 
she is perfectly sound. 
Mr. Richard Metherell , veterinary surgeon, Spalding, said — I have been 
in practice nineteen years. I examined the mare on the 1st of Pebruary, 
and found her perfectly sound. 
Wm. Saul deposed — I am a farmer, residing at Sibsey. I purchased the 
mare in April, 1854, at Lincoln. I sold her to Mr. Bland ; she was then 
perfectly sound, and had never been lame during the time she was in my 
possession, three years and a half. Cross-examined: I gave £26 lor her. 
John Saul , son of the last witness, said — I sold the mare to Mr. Bland, in 
October last. At that time she was perfectly sound. 
Mr. York having replied, His Honour summed up, observing that the 
only matter for the jury to decide was, whether the mare was sound on the 
25 th of October. The cost of examining the mare by the veterinary sur- 
geons must be struck out. 
After some consultation, the jury brought in a verdict for defendant. 
Costs granted. 
RETFORD COUNTY COURT.— Friday, Peb. 5th. 
Before Richard Wildman, Esq., Judge. 
IMPORTANT HORSE CASE. 
John Walker, v. Thomas Neale. 
Mr. Smith , of Doncaster, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Blackwell , 
of Sheffield, for the defendant. 
In opening the case Mr. Smith said, this action was brought to recover 
the sum of £46 10s. 6 d. being the amount of a breach in the warranty of a 
horse. Mr. Walker purchased the horse for £94 10s. and it proving to be 
unsound, and Mr. Neale refusing to take the horse back, it was sold by 
