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BUYING A SADDLE-HORSE.
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Surfeit.—An eruption of round, blunt spots, caused by heating food.

Thick Wind.—Defective respiration without noise. Incurable.

Thickening of Back Sinews.—Result of strain.

Thrush.—An offensive discharge from the frog, the result of inflammation, caused by want of cleanliness or overwork, etc.

Thorough-pin.—A sac of synovial fluid formed between the bones of the hock from side to side.

Warble.—A saddle-gall when simply swollen but not broken.

Warts.—Should be removed, as they tend to spread.

Whirlbone Lameness.—Lameness of hip joint.

Windgalls, or Puffs.—Little oval swellings just above the fetlock-joint between the back sinew and the bone.

Worms.—Sometimes troublesome, but less so than often supposed.

Whistling.—Caused by a contraction of windpipe. Incurable.