_Strangles, or Colt Distemper._--A severe swelling of the glands of the throat, which gathers and breaks.
STRING-HALT _or_ SPRING-HALT.--A peculiar snatching up of the hind-leg, caused by some nervous disorder. Incurable.
_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.
[Illustration: THE SORT OF HORSE NOT TO BUY.]
Bending the Neck to Right and Left, 32, 35, 48, 49.
"Getting a Horse accustomed to Skirts," 42.
Method of holding Reins in both Hands, 111.
Moving the Croup to Right and Left, 38, 52.
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