b FARAS-NAMA-E RANGIN 



If the horse has soft swellings on the inside or on the outside of 

 the fetlock,' whether larger or smaller than an egg, do not be 

 anxious. Although outwardly an unsightliness, they are in reality 

 a blessing. Muslims and Hindus alike call them " Avind-galls " 

 [hayza].^ 



Some horses have two wart-like excrescences on each side of the 

 mouth of the sheath. If these are the size of a date-stone, or 

 a little less, they are called thanl, ; but if very small indeed, they 

 are called manl. A horse with thanl {thanl-ddr) is dangerous to 

 its owner, but one with mani {rriam-dd^') is not dangerous. 



CHAPTER VI 



EYESORES AND DEFECTS 



This chapter treats of what is considered unsightly by experts. 



If a horse has large projecting teeth like a camel,'' it is called 

 underhung [shutur-danddn, "camel-toothed^^). 



A horse with a projecting forehead is called by the Mu gh als 

 " ugly-browed" {qnbh-peshdiil).'^ All judges consider this a sign of 

 bad temper. 



A horse with loose flapping ears is called "lop-eared" {pareshdn- 

 gosh "scattered eared"). The people of Kabul ^ consider this a 

 mark of strength, but these alone approve of this unsightliness. 

 I dislike it. 



A horse that will not arch its neck'' is considered good by none 

 and is styled "plank-necked" {takhtct gardaii). The Mu gh als, 

 however, do not consider this a defect. 



A horse with very high and unsightly shoulders is called "ox- 

 shouldered " {gd,o-shdna). 



1 MutJi, lit. fist. 



2 Bayzah, Ar., an " egg." 



^ A camel lias, of course, no teeth in the upper jaw. 



■* Should be qablh, adj. ; quhh is a substantive. 



•'' Wililyaf. 



6 Jo Inrndil 7iahln kartd liai ; (kundd "a hook "). 



