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me to decide. After making the examination I telephoned him 
the horse was sound except for the time being he was sick, but 
thought that the horse might recover. I told him there was 
danger in taking the horse from the stable. He asked me if I 
considered it safe for him to buy the horse. I told him it was 
safe to buy the horse if he left him there for treatment. In 
passing a horse for soundness it is well to put it to the common 
sense of the man for whom you examine the horse. A horse 
with ephemeral or acclimation fever practically and technically 
is unsound. In my opinion this is so for the reason that the 
slightest amount of exercise is apt to make him catch a fresh 
cold and bring on pneumonia or something else by exhausting 
him ; at the same time, if the owner takes these chances, I would 
pass him. I drove the above horse at a temperature of 104°. I 
told the seller that the horse was sick and examined him at his 
risk, but at the same time you cannot give a dealer a fair show 
by passing a horse with a temperature of 104°. 
Dr. Walker .—You would not advise us to pass a horse with 
a temperature of 104''. Answer. No. 
Dr. Walker .—Why did you do it? Answer. Because we 
cannot always go according to law. I wanted to see if he bad 
any lameness. The seller told me to hitch him up and wind 
him. Several made objections to the winding of a horse with 
a temperature of 104°. 
Dr. Hawley .—Horses are sold at the Stock Yards every day 
with a temperature ranging from loi" to 104^. They are 
hitched up and winded time and again and come out all right. 
Dr. B. Quitman .—Horse dealers and veterinarians should 
look out for themselves. Some horses will retain their appetite 
even though they be very sick. I would not pass a horse with 
a discharge from his nose, because it may subside within a few 
days or lead on to something serious. 
Dr. Wopns .—I wish to take exception to the remark about 
tongue-lolling, and I consider a veterinarian is very careless in 
making an examination if he does not drive a horse. Of course 
if a man is examining a truck horse it is a different thing. I 
never examine a driving horse but what I ride behind him. 
I think a veterinarian is making an extremely careless ex¬ 
amination if he does not drive a horse to discover whether he 
is a tongue-loller or side-puller, and if either conditions were 
present to tell the buyer and let him decide whether he wanted 
him or not. 
Dr. Quitma^i .—It is very seldom when called upon to ex- 
