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Oil the following Monday I agreed to buy her at £60, Mr. Colemaa 
warranting her perfectly sound. I observed that the off fore leg was 
not so fine as the other, but Mr. Coleman said it onlv arose from want 
of exercise. On the 12tli, I gave him a cheque for £60, and he handed 
me a receipt and warranty. (The warranty was put in and read). I 
hunted the mare about once a week, and she was always more or less 
lame on the following morning. I also observed that she pointed the 
off fore foot when standing in the stable. On the 14tli January I wrote 
to Mr. Coleman requesting him to take her back, but as he refused to 
do so, she was sold at the repository on the 25th. 
Cross examined—I did not ride her back from Winterslow on the 
6th. I heard that Mr. Coleman had the mare for sale, and I sent my 
groom to say that I should like to look at her. I did not ride her for 
some little time after the 6th, as 1 was away from home. I am not 
certain whether I rode her at all during the week. She was exercised 
by the groom in accordance with my instructions. I instructed him to 
test her jumping. The groom told me she fell lame on the 3d December, 
as he was leading her down Castle-street. I had her shoes removed, 
but did not then call in a veterinary surgeon. I did not then make any 
complaint to Mr. Coleman. She was afterwards exercised and hunted 
as usual. I hunted her about eight times whilst she was in my posses¬ 
sion. A friend of mine also rode her once or twice. I rode her to 
cover, where, of course, there were stools and stumps. I did not jump 
her much—there was not much jumping to be had. I had one good 
run with her—from Vern Ditch to Martin Wood. The run lasted two 
hours, but it was only fast for about half an hour. 
Mr. Norris —Did the mare fall with you at any time into a ditch ? 
Mr. Hussey —Never. 
Mr. Norris —Then she was a clever jumper ? 
Mr. Hussey —There was nothing remarkable in her jumping. I know 
that heavy frost set in shortly after 1 bought her. She was regularly 
exercised on the turf, by my groom, during its continuance. 
Mr. Norris —Didn’t he ride her on the road ? 
Mr. Hussey —Only at a walking pace. I frequently examined her 
legs before I rejected her. During the interval Mr. Coleman was at¬ 
tending another horse in my stable, and I told him I was afraid of one 
of the mare’s legs, as it was not so fine as the other. I did not use her 
so much as I should have done if her legs had been all right. It could 
not have been on the 3d December that I spoke to Mr. Coleman, as I 
was not in Salisbury on that day. Horses’ legs fill from many causes. 
They will fill as much when they have not sufficient work, as when they 
are overworked. 
Mr. Norris. —What description of filling was it—was it a filling from 
the fetlock-joint up the leg? 
Mr. Hussey —Yes. 
Mr. Norris —When high-conditioned horses have not much work, do 
not their legs always fill ? 
Mr. Hussey —Yes, but not one leg more than another. I did not have 
any examination by a veterinary surgeon until I made up my mind to 
return the mare. 
Charles Heieett —I am groom to Mr. Hussey. I fetched the mare in 
question from Mr. Coleman’s about the 8th November. Mr. Coleman 
said “ Groom, you have a bargain.” I replied, “ I hope so, sir.’’ Mr. 
Coleman put his hands down her legs, and said “ She has the best legs 
of any horse I ever saw in my life.” I observed, that the off fore leg 
was not so fine as the other. I asked him if that was anything round 
