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den two hours daily as usual, for at least six days ; but on the 
seventh day, the ostler stated the mare had sprung a curb in the 
left hind leg, which the hirer imputed to A. B., alleging it had 
been occasioned by hard riding. Now A.B. will make oath that, 
with the exception of the two occasions mentioned, the mare 
never was allowed to go quicker than an ordinary canter upon 
the turnpike road, during the two weeks and four days he had 
her out, and the mare was ridden for two hours daily at least six 
days after galloping as abovementioned. 
The ostler stated, that he had blistered the mare the morning 
after A. B. had her last out, without consulting A. B., and which 
he stated had been repeated once or tw r ice without effect, and 
that the mare will likely require to be fired. 
The hirer now demands £10 from A. B. for the injury he al¬ 
leges the mare has received by improper treatment, stating the 
mare to be worth £45, and that her keep will amount to £10 
till she has recovered. But as A. B. is conscious that he did not 
treat the mare improperly, he wishes to know the opinion of a 
veterinary surgeon upon the above facts, and whether the sprung 
curb is attributable to A. B., or if he could be made liable for it 
in a court of law.” 
The third scrap likewise has relation to veterinary jurispru¬ 
dence, and was not a little annoying to the practitioner. He 
acted decidedly and rightly; and we wish that we were at liberty 
to give him the meed of praise which is his due. 
A horse had very bad mange, and, at the same time, ophthal¬ 
mia. The cutaneous disease annoyed him sadly, and he gnawed 
and rubbed himself without intermission, and would have very 
seriously blemished himself. As affording temporary relief at 
least the practitioner determined to bleed him. It was an awk¬ 
ward and a resolute beast, but the operation was well performed, 
and the neck properly pinned up. Some hours afterwards, the 
attendance of the surgeon w 7 as suddenly required, for “ the horse 
was dying.” lie immediately went, and found the blood spout¬ 
ing from the neck at a terrible rate, and the stable deluged with 
gore. The horse had rubbed or torn the pin out, and the edges 
of the wound were so lacerated and ragged, that it was a matter 
of impossibility, and especially with such a beast, securely to close 
