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member 406 have been found suffering more or less from foot- 
and-mouth diseased The communications were referred to the 
Committee on the Transit of Stock.” 
Veterinary Jurisprudence. 
A HORSE WARRANTY CASE. 
An Alleged Case of Roaring. 
In the Court of Common Pleas, London, on the 6th and 7th 
February, before Mr. Justice Byles and a Special Jury, the case of 
“ Tattersall and Another v. Blagrave” was heard. It was an 
action upon a cheque of 115 gs. given in payment to Messrs. 
Tattersall as the price of a horse sold at Lord Combermere’s sale in 
July last. The defendant pleaded that the horse was a “roarer.” 
Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., and Mr. Petheram appeared for the 
plaintiffs ; and Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., and Mr. Padgett for 
the defendant. 
Mr. Huddleston , Q.C., in opening the case, said that Mr. Tat¬ 
tersall and Mr. Pain were the proprietors of the well-known estab¬ 
lishment at Knightsbridge, and the defendant is a young gentleman 
about twenty-four years of age, the son of Mr. Blagrave, Calcot 
Park, near Reading. On the 15th of July last year Mr. Pain went 
down to Combermere Abbey to sell the whole of Lord Combermere’s 
horses, excepting three stallions, without reserve. The advertise¬ 
ment stated that they were “on view a week before the sale,” and 
that, the learned counsel stated, implied that the horses were to be 
sold without warranty, and that all intending purchasers might go 
and inspect for themselves. The horse in question was described 
in the catalogue as “ Buxton, a chestnut gelding, six years old.” 
Buxton was a favorite horse of Lord Combermere’s, and he had 
had him for three years and ridden him more than any other horse 
during the hunting season. He was a clever hunter, and was well 
known to several of Lord Combermere’s friends, who would be 
called as witnesses to prove the soundness in the horse’s wind. 
Euxton was knocked down to Mr. Blagrave, jun., who gave the 
cheque in question for the 115 gs. The cheque, on being presented, 
was not paid. Mr. Blagrave then wrote tffe following letter to 
Lord Combermere:—“Mr. Blagrave presents his compliments, 
and is sorry to complain that his son, in the teeth of written 
instructions to the contrary, purchased a horse at your lordship’s 
