Excerpt from The Examination of Horses as to Soundness: And Selection as to Purchase In offering this treatise to the public, my idea is to assist the horse-owner, the farmer, and the colonist to judge for himself as to the practical soundness of a horse he may be interested in - for it is not always convenient, or even practical, to send for the veterinary surgeon whenever a horse has to be looked over - and I shall endeavour to make myself as clear as possible to this class of my readers, avoiding as far as I can all technicalities with this purpose in view. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.