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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
dressings. In getting up and down in the stable the wound wa» .. 
tated, and it tlierefore was slow in healing ; but in January the mare was 
well enough to be taken out for airing, and in February she was so far 
recovered that no injury was sustained save in the appearance and an 
enlargement of the fetlock. Shortly after this Mr. Hole met Mr. Beedle 
in the hunting field, and some conversation ensued respecting the mare. 
Mr. Hole said he would sell her if he could get the price he wished, viz., 
£50 ; and he then directed defendant’s attention to the injury. A day 
or two after, the defendant again saw the mare—in fact, rode her—and 
she was taken over several fences. On the 27th February the parties 
again met at Stapleton Brake, when defendant said £50 was too much 
for the mare, and offered £40 for her. Plaintiff then said he thought it 
right to inform defendant that she was a crib-biter—that she contracted 
the habit while tied up—that he used a crib strap, and that if he (Mr. 
Beedle) purchased her, he would let him have the strap he was in the 
habit of using. Defendant said he did not object to the mare on that 
account—that he already had a horse which was a crib-biter. The con¬ 
versation was also renewed as to the blemish on the fetlock. Mr. Beedle 
asked if Mr. Hole would take a third person’s opinion as to the injury. 
Plaintiff referred him to Mr. Gregory, who was then in the hunting field; 
and Mr. Gregory explained the nature of the injury that had caused the 
blemish, and also asked defendant if he was aware that the mare was a 
crib-biter. After this interview with Mr. Gregory, the defendant rode 
up to the plaintiff’ and said, “Pll give £40 for the mare, and it’s 
mine.” He then asked IMr. Hole to keep her for a few days, as he had 
no stall, to which the latter consented. Mr. Beedle then rode up to Mr. 
Deane, of Webbery, and told him he had bought the mare. Mr. Deane 
said, “I suppose you know it’s a crib-biter;” to which defendant replied, 
“ I know all about it.” The mare was taken to plaintiff’s stables, and 
on the 4th of March Mr. Hole received the following note from the 
defendant: 
“Bradworthy; March 1863. 
“ Dear Sir, —I will send to Bideford on Thursday next, for the mare, 
and hope it will be convenient to your man to leave her at the “ Com¬ 
mercial Inft,” at about 1 o’clock. I fear we shall have a very small 
number at the meets this week. I hope you will be able to come down 
for a day or two. 
“ Believe me, my dear Sir, yours truly, 
“ T. Beedle.” 
The plaintiff accordingly sent his servant with the mare to the “Com¬ 
mercial Inn,” Bideford; the servant there saw the defendant, who 
requested him to wait a little while, as he had a note to send back. 
He waited several hours, expecting to receive a cheque for his master; 
the defendant at length gave him the following note, desiring him to 
deliver it to Mr. Hole, and to take back the horse: 
“Bideford; March 5th, 1863. 
“ Dear Sir, —On looking at the mare this morning, I saw that the 
enlargement on her leg is considerably larger than I had expected, and I 
requested Parsons (the vet.) to examine her. He says that the animal 
will not be fit for work for at least three months, and that if hunted in 
her present state she will go lame. He adds that swelling cannot be 
reduced, as Mr. Gregory had led you to understand. As I bought the 
mare after your saying that the limb was nothing worse for the accident, 
you will, I am sure, not wish me to take her till her leg is perfectly 
sound. “ Believe me, yours truly, 
“ T. Beedle.” 
