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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
There is no necessity for any impeachment of this gentleman’s 
veracity; but, standing at that distance, and in the door-way lead¬ 
ing to the street, and hearing indistinctly, he confounded the con¬ 
ditions of the two bargains for £20 and for £18. 
On being applied to again by the agents of the plaintiff, and 
armed with the opinion of Mr. D., the defendant incautiously 
exclaimed that, He had got the money, and Mr. A. might keep 
the horse.” 
Thus, so far as the matter of buying and selling went,—the 
money being paid and no warranty given—the plaintiff had not a 
leg to stand on. A certain imputation, hoAvever, rested upon him, 
from which he was naturally anxious to free himself. The ostler 
of the stables at which the horse was left stated “that the shoes of 
the horse were in his heels a good deal, as if he had been shod for 
a fortnight or three weeks. The heels were cracked and running— 
he was lame of both fore feet, tender, and went foundered. He 
was there more than three weeks. The ostler exercised him, as he 
thought was right, for ten or fifteen minutes every day. The shoes 
were not retouched, but the heels all got right, and healed up, and 
he was finally sold by auction for £15. 
Two veterinary surgeons of deserved eminence were then 
called; we wish that we could announce them by their proper 
names. 
The first had looked at the heels of the fore feet of this horse. 
There were chops in the skin, but there was nothing of importance— 
could not say whether this had not produced lameness at an 
earlier period. Acknowledged that while under temporary lame¬ 
ness or tenderness a horse could not be considered as sound. 
But cracks in the heels do not constitute unsoundness; and a 
horse may be sold this week quite sound, and not able on the 
next week to get out of the stable. The horse was now sound, 
and well worth eighteen pounds. 
The other stated, that when he examined the horse immediately 
after his return from the plaintiff, he found him perfectly sound. 
There was a little crack in one of the heels, and a great deal of 
scurf and dirt from bad grooming. This would account for the 
crack. If a horse has a predisposition for grease, and is neglected 
for a week or ten days, he is likely to have the grease. Bad care 
and bad grooming make many a healthy horse bad. 
A farmer and miller stated, that his son bought the horse at the 
sale for fifteen pounds, and rides him now. He has been regularly 
worked now nearly twelve months; has had no grease, is in fit 
condition for work, and he would have given twenty pounds or 
guineas for him. 
Thus ends this foolish affair. There was no necessity upon 
earth for an action of the kind—no locm standi. One good effect 
will be produced, the plaintiff will be cleared of every aspersion. 
