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blow is given on the edge of the bone. It is the cellular mem¬ 
brane that is affected, but not the tendon. The action of the 
leg would certainly be impeded—there would be stiffness in 
the action; but I ought to know the difference between a stiff¬ 
ness arising from an old strain, and one from a wound. He might 
have been taken from his stables, a sound horse, very shortly after 
he came, which could not have been the case if it had been an 
old strain. The swelling was the very opposite, in my judg¬ 
ment, to that which would have arisen from a strain. 
Mr. James J. Rogers, son of the last witness, was examined 
at some length to the same fact: his was a full confirmation of 
his father’s evidence. Mr. Edwin Drake, veterinary surgeon, 
saw the horse on the 26th of October, before it was sold. He 
examined the legs and back tendons. There was no swelling, no 
remains of an old strain, nothing but a slight splint on tlie off fore 
leg, otherwise not a blemish on the legs; indeed his legs were as 
clean as a colt’s. W.Rookes .—I am a horse dealer, and have been 
so for thirty years. I bought the horse. I examined it all over 
with a view to buy it about a month before it was sold. 1 ex¬ 
amined his fore legs ; it was the cleanest legged horse I ever felt 
in my life. There was a little bit of hair gone, but so small I 
could hardly see it. If it had been a hundred guinea horse I 
should not have objected to him for the splint. If there had 
been any long standing disease I should have discovered it. I 
was asked to examine the horse, because I was supposed to know 
something about horses. I heard that there was a dispute about 
him. I afterwards bought him for his action, which was unde¬ 
niable. My son has him now at Plymouth. I should like to 
get thirty guineas or twenty-five; but I would not sell him to 
you for £20. I have an establishment at Plymouth, which my 
son looks after. 
The Jury found for the plaintiff, damages £20. 
Lame or not Lame?—The Regulations of Horse 
R epositories. 
Lucas v. Blundell. 
[Here we have old friends, and an instructive case ; but the verdict 
was on the right side.] 
The plaintiff was Mr. Robert Lucas, who keeps a repository 
in this town for the sale of horses and carriages by commission ; 
and the defendant is the present high sheriff for this county. 
The action was brought to recover the sum of £47..10s. for a 
mare sold by the plaintiff to the defendant, and for which the 
