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public auction in Retford market, arid fetched the sum of 52 guineas, and 
the amount now sought to be recovered was the difference of cost price and 
the amount which he sold it for. The first witness called was— 
Mr. John Walker , who said, I live at Biggins House, near Retford. On 
the 5th November, learnt that Mr. Neale, of Scrooby, had a horse for sale. 
I went to look at him, and saw he had been fired. The defendant said he 
would warrant him to be as sound as any horse in the world. Mr. Neale 
asked me 120 guineas for the horse. During the afternoon of the following 
day, I took Mr. Hudson, veterinary surgeon, to look at him. I saw that 
the near hock was larger than the other. To account for the horse being 
fired, Mr. Neale said the animal had been sold to Mr. Maw, of Fridaythorpe, 
and in taking him to the Bawtry station to proceed to Fridaythorpe, the 
horse injured his back against some palings, and Mr. Maw refused to take 
him, and he then had him fired all round on both hocks. They bargained 
for the horse for 90 guiueas, and he received a warranty which he now pro- 
duced. I got him home on the Friday, and rode him after the hounds at 
Scrooby on the Monday following, and afterwards on six other occasions, 
but if all these were put together they would not amount to one good day’s 
sport. On the 11th of last December, I intended to hunt him at Grove, 
but found the horse was lame. 1 walked him foot pace to Grove and back, 
and was glad to get back again. He was lame on the near hock. I that 
day sent Mr. Neale word of the horse’s lameness, and he came over and ad- 
mitted the horse was lame. I told him he must take the horse back again, 
but he said he would leave it to arbitration. I refused this, and told him I 
would have my money back again. I also told him that the horse had corns, 
which also made him returnable, to which he replied, “ I know that,” mean- 
ing that corns constituted unsoundness. Next day Mr. Chamberlain, veteri- 
nary surgeon, of Bawtry, came and examined the horse for Mr. Neale, and 
on the 2d of January the horse was sold by Mr. Rippingale, in Retford 
market-place. Mr. Hudson, veterinary surgeon, bought him again for me 
for 52 guineas. He is lame now and goes “ pottering.” He is at the 
White Hart now, for the inspection of the jury. Cross-examined : When 
I first went to look at the horse I galloped him and was on his back for a 
few minutes ; he was then fired, and I had heard of horses having been 
fired for diseases before. My veterinary surgeon examined him, and pro- 
nounced him sound then, but he had great doubts of his standing so. The 
run at Scrooby on the Monday following was a short one of about twenty 
minutes duration. I rode him twice at Scrooby, and twice at Gringley-on- 
the-Hill. I remember being “bogged” between Mattersey wood and the 
Great Northern Railway. That might induce a curb being put up. On 
the following day I rode him to Gateford-bar, and on the day after, I went to 
Grove with him. On the 11th of December I first found the horse to be lame ; 
I had then had him five weeks ; Iliad him shod on the 12th of November. 
When I bought the horse Mr. Neale said he had had a bog-spavin. Mr. 
Hudson had the horse under his care all the time he was lame with me. I 
first discovered the corns on the 12th of November, but rode him six times 
afterwards. I never went a coursing with him to have a run. My reason 
for buying the horse in again was to bring the matter within the jurisdiction 
of the County Court. He had a gallop round a field yesterday. 
Robert Jackson deposed, that he is a blacksmith, at Ordsall, and shoes 
horses for Mr. Walker. On the 1 2th of November he shod this horse, 
and found he had a corn on each foot, and they appeared to be of long 
standing. When he pared his feet he discovered them at once, and told 
Mr. Walker of it at the time. Cross-examined: An old corn is much 
larger than a new one. 
Charles White said, I am Mr. Walker’s groom, and remember the horse 
being purchased. Mr. Walker hunted him five or six times after he got 
