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HORSE CAUSE. 
on the night of the 9th April, to meet the defendant, who, how¬ 
ever, did not attend at the time appointed, but came about one 
o'clock in the morning, after Mr. Jumpson had bled the mare, 
and removed her into a detached box in the stables. The mare 
died on the morning of the 10th. 
Two riding-masters, who had seen her a few days before the 
bleeding on the 31st of March, described her as a fine animal, in 
perfect health and spirits at that time. One of them said that 
such a mare would probably be worth about 100 guineas : the 
other thought she was worth 100 or 120 guineas. 
Mr. Jumpson said, that, when he examined the mare on 
the 9th of April, he found her labouring under inflamma¬ 
tion of the lungs, and that the stables where she was kept 
were very hot, and full of foul air for want of ventilation. The 
defendant, when he came at one o'clock in the morning, expressed 
his surprise at her being removed to a detached part of the stables, 
and told witness that as he had taken her under his care, he (the 
defendant) would have nothing more to do with her. She was 
opened after death, and witness was of opinion that the cause of 
her death was an over-congestion of blood in the lungs. The 
intestines were slightly inflamed from the excessive purging. 
There was inflammation also on the inner membrane of the 
windpipe. Witness was of opinion that for inflammation of the 
lungs purgative medicines were improper. He should wish to 
excite nausea, but not to purge. 
Mr. Coleman concurred with Mr. Jumpson in opinion that 
the death had been caused by a congestion of blood in the 
lungs. Being asked his opinion as to bleeding horses in the 
spring and fall, he was for u letting well alone." He would 
not bleed unless there was some disease, or change of diet, 
or of temperature, to render it necessary. It was, howeter, a 
common practice to take blood in the spring, and sometimes 
in the autumn. Six quarts was not a very extraordinary 
quantity to take from a horse. In his opinion all stables 
should be ventilated. The want of ventilation was the frequent 
cause of disease, and of this particular disease, wdiich was one of 
the most sudden as well as the most fatal. The want of cleanli¬ 
ness, and a high temperature, were frequent causes of the disease, 
though over-exertion was a frequent and more violent cause. 
For such a disease he should wish to create nausea, and to lower 
the action of the heart, so as to prevent so much blood flowing 
into the lungs. Mild purgatives were proper for that purpose. 
On his cross-examination the witness stated, that inflamma¬ 
tion of the lungs would sometimes exist without its being trice- 
able to any particular cause. More horses died from inflamma- 
