Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-23
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vnst copstisutss = osusa noe.e.

VIII S<seOsAAeSD - eS00&8
VII can answer! Ore suthosity MS
Al vh.n applied 70 borses '.sousdr mean.
sserfecs," but this definition his been
s,urhsovp. for th.fe 10 scarcely . pssfect
haeps in existenc,. Tn, mcst sk;Ilful
,seesiossy surgeon csonos many simss tell
vhssber horse 10 sound or not. The
ie,srpal organs are hied.n from view and
0npsens Of their affection are not alvsys
der or plain. The organs Of respiration
ssry In different animals under different
essdi.ioas. and any apparent abnormal
respiration, for instance. might in one
esse indicate disesse and 10 another NOT.
sven though the apparent or real abnormal
respiration were exactly alike. Similar
ssdscssive conditions may prevail In the
sssssus anatomy. No two horses are alike
10 their osseous devslopments. hence arise
hose strange anomalies ia limbs and j,ints
shout which experts are 80 prone 10 differ in
opinion - to the presence or absence Of die.
sase. The hooks. for instance. present such
variety in conformation and In some in
shnces such unusual development Of bony
syucture - to render correct disgnosis 4
natter Of the greatest uncertainty. II tie
extraordinary gaseous developments 10 con.
genital then 90 far ~ this point 10 concerned
Die animal j, sound; otherwise, not. Not
kaoving the animal from birth up no one
could tell whether be we're sound or not.
There are several different coaformasions
Of horses and gai,s in travel that often
indicate un,oundnsss in some fespec. when
none exists. A certain construction Of the
.ump. when xssting in an fxsgg. rate d form.
impsr's to the action behind the apps asauce
Of Ismeness in one hind limb when III.
horse goes from yt u and in the ether when
he approaches. A slight medication iava:d
Of one forefoot conveys the i'm preston CT
Ismeness in the OPP osite limb, and this
inclination may be caused by Improper
shoeing. Straight sht ulders and upright
action tend TO the belief OF lameness in
both fofelegs. The hind legs 50. widely
apart occasion oscillation Of the body and 1
snse Of lsmeaess is ii cited - n sctiog both
fore limbs. Sometimes the smith in shoeing
has "ptckei' both fore fee. anil 10 CON
. "a 'uc, when the animal mons he ap-
pears stiff in 'front.'" or "foaadeied 3,
often disease exist, whtrs Tiers are no ev.-
dences Of il, and 90 Fl, qaenuy does disease
not exist when there il apparent evidences
Of it. that, unless evidences sre clear and
beyond dispute, it 10 preesrious to express
. judgment. piece Of machinery may be
taken apart and examined and an expert
can tell whether it 10 sound or not; physi-
clan could net tell half the time whether
patient 10 sick or not IL the patient would
keep his mouth shut--he gets his "cue''
from the sick one himself; bat with dumb
animals they cannot be taken apart and
examined. piece BY piece, nor can they
tell whether or how they are sick
or unsouDd. hence the difficulty many
times to tell whether disease exists or not
A second authority in def ming "soundness, Z"
Gays IF the disease is not of such .
nature ss to impede the natural usefulness
OF the animal for the purposes for which he
is used it will not amount to an uusound-
ness third authority simply states As
follows. III horse i, purchased to be
i. 4.
thu! the animal is useful for that purpose
and unsound means that he st the time is
Affected with something which will have
The effect Of impediog that use" Iaa large
ns jority Of casss n horse warranty is not
rorth more than . snap Of the finger --Dn.
iALss wills ON, in Breeder ard Sport.msn.
Probate ana IosoivsI cy Courts.
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