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them on the 21st of January. An enlargement of the cartilage renders 
a horse unsound. This mare is liable to become lame, and 1 could not 
pass her as sound. Bleeding in the toe is" a very good remedy. The 
cartilage is still moveable. I cannot state the shortest time in which I 
have seen complete ossification of the cartilage produced. I have seen 
one case in five or six weeks. l\Jy attention was not directed to navi¬ 
cular disease the first time I was here. In case of rapid ossification 
there would be great inflammation. 
Re-examined — Ossification generally ensues after inflammation. 
When there is inflammation there is great pain and lameness. To-day 
is the first time I ever heard of navicular disease in this mare. It is 
universally admitted that side-bone produces lameness. 
By Mr. Swayne —There was no one on her when she was trotted up 
and down the street to-day. If she had navicular disease there would 
be an alteration in the character of the foot altogether. Chronic navi¬ 
cular disease is not curable; it is frequently cured when in an incipient 
state. 
By Mr. Norris —Bleeding is an excellent remedy ; Mr. Coleman was 
quite right in recommending it. 
Mr. Sumuel Tremlett —I am a member of the Royal College of Vete¬ 
rinary Surgeons, residing at Blackheath Hill, Greenwich. I was one of 
the Government examiners of cavalry horses during the Russian war. 
I have examined thousands of horses as to soundness, and have rejected 
hundreds—of course from all manner of diseases. I have to-day seen 
and examined a bay mare belonging to Mr. Coleman. 1 found a partial 
ossification of the lateral cartilage outside the fore foot. It is in a 
chronic state, and it is impossible to give a decided opinion as to the 
time of its formation, except from the evidence offered here to-day. 
There is a very great difference in the time—in some cases ossification 
is complete in a month or two ; in others it takes longer. From the 
evidence I should consider that ossification commenced when the mare 
first fell lame. I have examined her feet, and do not find the slightest 
difference in their size. 1 had her run out, to see if there were anv 
symptoms of navicular lameness : there were none. I believe she is 
free from navicular disease. 
Cross-examined—Horses will point from any disease of the foot. I 
do not think there is any particular mode of pointing in navicular dis¬ 
ease. I did not measure the feet; 1 merely examined them with my 
eye. There may be a little dodging in shoeing, but a professional man 
would detect it in a moment. Ossification is, in some cases, very quick ; 
in others it is slow. The more acute the inflammation, the quicker is 
the ossification. At this stage it will go on very slowly. I should have 
endeavoured to find out the history of the case if I had not heard of 
the Castle-street affair. I have seen such cases as this produced in two 
or three months ; others standing two or three years have not been 
worse. It is longest with heavy horses. If this case had commenced 
two years ago, I think it would have proceded further than it has done 
—particularly with a horse that has been on the road. There is more 
trouble in getting rid of lameness a second time than at its first appear¬ 
ance. If it had been proved that enlargement existed at the time of 
shoeing, my opinion would be that ossification had begun before. 
When there is lameness the groom ought not take the horse out the 
next morning. 1 should be sorry if 1 could not tell whether a horse 
had navicular disease without putting a person upon it. Any concus¬ 
sion would be likely to produce ossification. 
Re-examined—Ossification would be more rapid at the commence- 
