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ON HEREDITARY PREDISPOSITION IN BREEDING 
By Mr. J. Roberts, of South Motion. 
LAST summer I was asked my opinion of an entire horse, aftei 
examining him. I approved of his formation, with the excep¬ 
tion of the hocks, where there happened to be two curbs. I 
was then told his sister was in the same stable. This induced me 
to look over her ; she had also two curbs. Knowing the sin 
to be free from those defects, I enquired about the dam , and 
soon ascertained where I might see her. On my next visit 
in the neighbourhoood where she was kept (as a brood mare). 
I called, and discovered she had two confirmed curbs. She 
was at this time running with a foal of her’s, two years old, 
by another horse, and that one had also two curbs. These, as 
Nimrod says, are facts, which I think, as shewing the power ol 
hereditary influence in breeding, deserve the attention of breeders. 
If communications like this are likely to be acceptable to youi 
readers, they are heartily welcome to them, for the great pleasure 
and instruction some of them afford me by their letters in youi 
useful Journal. 
Before I conclude, I cannot help congratulating the country, 
and the profession, on the anticipated changes in the education 
of the veterinary pupil. I trust that neither you nor the profes¬ 
sion will rest, until the laudable object at which you aim be 
fully accomplished. 
I am, Mr. Editor, your’s, &c. 
John Roberts. 
INCONTINENCE OF URINE IN THE HORSE. 
By Mr. Proctor, of Solihull # . 
ON the 10th August, 1828, I was sent for by a gentleman to a 
horse which had been turned out into the field. The animal had a 
great propensity for exceeding his bounds, and accordingly 
covers were fastened over his eyes by way of preventing him. 
This did not effectually restrain him ; and in consequence of a 
blundering leap, from an elevated surface into a great concavity, 
incontinence of urine was brought on. When I saw him, I found 
the penis drawn, a continual flow of urine, sometimes running in 
* We are indebted for this case to the courtesy of the Editor of the 
Lancet , to whom it was first sent. 
