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that could in no way produce lameness. It was a mere horny sub¬ 
stance, not at all in the nature of an ossification. The lameness, 
if there were any, might have been caused by the shoeing, and 
the change from the soft farm to the hard road. The horse was 
perfectly sound, and not lame, when I saw him. 
John Dallrey is a veterinary surgeon at Petworth, and at¬ 
tends Col. Wyndham’s stud. Had examined the horse most 
minutely, and found that there are large excrescences growing 
on the heels of the fore feet; believed them to be an abnormal 
growth of the horn, not affecting the cartilage within an inch. 
You might remove the cartilage, and still the excrescence would 
remain. The horse is sound, and, when examined, not lame. 
Cross-examined. —The excrescence does not affect the work¬ 
ing of the horse. You do not get excrescences to that extent. 
The healthy cartilage does not extend beyond the level of 
the hoof. 
George Hide , defendant’s carter, had used the horse for three 
years both on farm and road. He had never gone lame. De¬ 
fendant bought him back at the sale. Has worked him every 
day since ; has worked as well as any horse on the farm. 
Several other persons in the defendant’s employment gave 
similar testimony. 
His Honor said, this was a painful case for him to decide; it 
should have gone to a jury. The testimony of the plaintiff was 
that the horse was lame two days after being in his employ; 
but then the evidence of defendant was very strong, and that 
shewed that up to the time of the horse being delivered it was 
perfectly sound; he, therefore, came to the conclusion that when 
the horse was purchased it was a sound horse, and that the de¬ 
fendant’s warranty was therefore complied with. How the horse 
became lame on going into the plaintiffs possession, it was not 
for him to determine. 
Verdict for defendant. 
To the Editor of “ The Sussex Express .” 
Sir,—Seeing this case reported in your paper last week, 
and as there is much in it which might go far to impress on 
your readers that myself and Messrs. Grover and Burt had 
either examined the animal in question in the most careless 
manner, or were utterly incapable of practising our profession 
with any thing like credit to ourselves or advantage to our em¬ 
ployers, I am sure you will give me the indulgence of a place 
in your columns to explain and vindicate our opinion. With 
the testimony of the farming men I have nothing to do, as it is 
notorious, horses of slow work may be lame for a long period 
