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the work it ought to have done; he only went to Ashton and Staley 
Bridge, and sometimes to Manchester, with thirty cwt. of coke or 
coal. When it began regular work, it fell lame. 
Cross-examined. —The horse was treated as for a bad cold; bran 
mashes were given. Nothing was given for the foot. 
By the Judge. —The fresh shoes did not make any difference 
with the bony substance; it walked as lame as ever it had done. 
Messrs. S. Ashton, the book-keeper, and George Pease, the 
clerk, were examined to shew that the horse had been very mildly 
treated by Mr. Kenworthy’s directions, doing only one-third its 
ordinary work, but nevertheless it became lame. 
Mr. Isaac Worthington, veterinary surgeon, Grosvenor-street, 
Manchester, said he recollected Mr. Swaine and Wm. Lees bring¬ 
ing a grey horse for examination; it was lame, and found that 
that lameness proceeded from an enlargement and ossification of 
the inner side of the near fore leg. Had no doubt whatever of 
the ossification; it was of some standing, and generally ends in 
permanent lameness. 
Cross-examined. —Passed the College twelve months since, was 
twenty-four years of age, served six or seven years with the late 
Mr. Hollingworth, and had seen very extensive practice. Nothing 
could cure this enlargement; repeated blistering and firing would 
be the best to relieve it; but nothing would make it sound. Other 
preparations were used in such cases, the most common of which 
was iodine. Have had a many under treatment for such like, but 
nothing proved of service. Am no valuer of horses, but should 
think the horse was worth £30. Would not give either £35 or 
£30 for a lame horse. 
By the Judge. —An enlargement of the bone is incurable. 
Mr. Robert Ousey, a veterinary surgeon, from Ashton-under- 
Lyne, said he saw Mr. Boden at Staley-bridge on the 27th of June. 
He then intimated to witness that Mr. Mellor would wait upon him 
about seeing a grey horse. Examined it, and found it lame; it was 
the same that had frequently passed his house in Mr. Kenworthy’s 
cart. Found it lame of the near fore leg, arising from the ossifi¬ 
cation of the large pastern bone; it led from the fetlock bone at 
the joint to the hoof. Bony secretions being tardy, it might have 
taken six or eight months in formation. It would not appear in 
three months. 
Cross-examined. —Blistering and firing would relieve it for a 
time; but on coming in contact with hard stones the horse would 
soon fall lame again. There were two pastern bones, a long and a 
short one. 
Re-examined. —It would be impossible to make such a lameness 
sound. 
