Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-11-14

two persons In the cutter, II the horse
had knuckled over, shoeing wouldn't
be OF much help.
on REORGANIZATION, DR. Chamberlain
said it was about time to consult vet
might he Of some benefit to horse
knuckling over A horse in pain some
times perspires but not necessarily and
some times there is a rise in tempera-
turo but not always.
On redirect examination, the witness
said veterinarian should he called be-
fore teadons become contracted. Aga.H
cross-examnod he said If tendons arr
not inflamed and the horse limps It
would not hurt on redirect examination
he said a horse might have an abnormal
condition without temperature,
F. e PERKINS
r E. Perkins said he saw the horse
three or more times, Or. Read being the
driver. The horse was very lame in the
hind ankle especially the last time he
saw it, The last time ne saw the horse
was from the door of his store on Main
/ street DR. Read was driving the animal
down Main street and Mr.. Perkins no.
ticed the animal was practically going
on three legs and was very much more
crippled than when he had seen It before.
He said the last time he saw II the horse
was about as lame as a beast could he
and travel. He told DR.. Read that the
place for the horse way in the barn or
. under the sod Dr. Read told him he
/ thought the horse would get bettor.
| The state here rested unless possibly
! one more witness Is examined to-day.
DIR. G. A. MILLER,
The first witness for the defense was
DR. c. A. Miller Of New York, formerly
a veterinarian in Burlington. DR.. Miller
testified that on March 90 1896 he was
called to the Collins shop by DR.. Read
/ to see the horse. DR.. Reed had told him
of the horse and DIR. Miller made a care
/ full examination OF the animal which ho
said wa eight or nine years old, we'll
nourshcd and practically sound with
the exception OF the knuckling over of
the ankle OF the nigh hind leg. The
horse had no ringbone. The temperature
of the horse was 1U 3-5 and in his judg-
ment the animal was not in pain. He
found a small abrasion of the skin on
the ankle, He said the condition exist
ing in the ankle could be relieved by
the application of lnament, raising tho
heel Of the shoe and by putting on bar
I shoe, The horse he said was not in a
very good condition TO drive but he was
not suffering pain when he saw him
It did not cause suffering for
the horse to step, II was a mo-
chanical lamencsa He took the
horses temperature in the Whtcomh
barn and It was l0t 1-5 which Is not ah-
normal. Knuckling is a common disease
he has treated several cases and from
his experience and knowledge 75 or sc
per cent OF the cases recover,
| on cross examination, DR.. Miller said
i he took the necessary apparatus to the
blacksmith shop to sling the horse. The
normal tempera ture OF horse is from
100 AS to lol Movement OF the affected
part and persptration are indications oi
pain. He found that the horee had not
been perspiring and there was no indi-
alton OF pain. BY the term abrasion he
said he meant just scratch, The ahra
sion he found on the Read horse had
been recently done. Tho knuckline over
OF the ankle OF one rear leg would cause
an extra strain on the other leg. II the
| horse had had ringbone there was no in
| dication of II. Contraction Of the ten
d"nx causes knuckling. In his estimate