THE LAW OF HORSES, INCLUDING THE LAW OF Innkeepers, Veterinary Surgeons, &c., AND OF HUNTING, RACING, WAGERS & GAMING. BY GEORGE HENRY HEWITT OLIPHANT, Of Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A., and Inner Temple, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. Fourth Edition, By CLEMENT ELPHINSTONE LLOYD, B.A., Oxon., OF THE INNER TEMPLE, ESQ., BARRISTER-AT-LAW. "Thou that mayst fortune to be of myne opinion and condytion to love horses, take "Caveat emptor."-Leg. Max. "Equi donati dentes non inspiciuntur."-D. Hieron. in Proœm. Epist. ad Ephes. "Primus Ericthonius currus et quatuor ausus Jungere equos."-Virg. Georg. "Tu qui cæteris cavere didicisti, in Britannia ne ab essedariis decipiaris caveto."-Cic. Ep. Lib. 7, Ep. 6. "Seu quis, Olympiacæ miratus præmia palmæ, Pascit equos Corpora præcipuè matrum legat.”—Virg. Georg. PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION. SINCE the publication of the last Edition of this Work the changes which have taken place in the law on the subjects embraced within its somewhat extensive scope have been very considerable. While strictly adhering to the plan of the original Work, the present Editor has taken great pains to eradicate all obsolete matter, and at the same time to combine with the text the additions and alterations rendered necessary by the above changes. The most important alterations are probably those necessitated by the passing of the Regulation of Railways Acts, 1868 and 1871, the Judicature Acts, and the Innkeepers Act, 1878; whilst at the same time the reported decisions during the last seventeen years have affected every branch of the subject. The Index has been thoroughly revised and considerably enlarged, and care has been taken |