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ON ROARING—THE SUMMERING OF THE HUNTER—THE 
SUBJECT OF ROARING RESUMED—THE BLISTER AND 
THE CAUTERY—COLD APPLICATIONS TO THE LEGS— 
CURBS—DISTEMPER IN DOGS—SHOEING—THE FROG- 
SHOEING RESUMED—THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS—THE 
CAUSES OF GLANDERS. 
By Nimrod. 
Dear Sir,— ANXIOUS for the success of your profession, and 
especially so in reference to its services to the sporting world, I 
give you the result of my observations of the state of several hunt¬ 
ing studs which I saw in my late tour through what may be called 
the crack hunting countries of England. 
I will commence with Melton Mowbray, where I sojourned three 
weeks and better, consequently had an opportunity of seeing all 
the best studs, as well as the pleasure of riding several first-rate 
hunters. In the first place, I am happy to say, there has been this 
year a diminution in the number of roarers compared with that of 
the last two years; but still the insidious disease has not been 
quite inactive. The best horse in the Duke of Beaufort’s stud— 
Freemartin, for which his Grace last year refused five hundred 
guineas from Lord Chesterfield—has fallen a victim to it, to the 
great mortification of his noble and worthy owner. It may be 
recollected by some of your readers, my stating in the account of 
my last yeaf's tour, that I had ridden a mare of Mr. John Shafto’s, 
as likewise a very promising five-year old Confederate horse of 
the Rev. Mr. Wing’s, of Warns worth, both in Earl Fitzwilliam’s 
countries, and that, from a peculiar style of breathing, I gave it as 
my opinion, that both would become roarers. My prediction was 
confirmed by their owners, whom I met this year in the field. One 
day in the past season, with the Quorn hounds, I rode an exceed¬ 
ingly clever young horse, out of the stable of that first-rate sports¬ 
man and horseman, and a Meltonian of twenty-six years’ standing, 
Mr. John White; and the question of “ How do you like your 
horse ?” was put to me by himself at the end of rather a sharp 
burst, in which he carried me delightfully over a strong country. 
He is every thing that could be wished lor,” was my answer ; 
“ but 1 hear a little sound in his breathing which I do not like, and 
I fear he will be a roarer.” “ Exactly so,” said Mr. White; I 
have my fears on the subject, and as such I shall not keep him 
for another season.” 
Now a ([uestion arises: Would not the first appearance of this 
“ iitlJe noise” in the breathing—I scarcely know how to describe 
It, but it approaches a smothered whistle—be the time for active 
measures to be pursued with a chance of arresting the progress 
of the flisease, which must surely now^ be in its incipient state? 
