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down. If a horse has a sloping rump he is 

 " goosey. " He is " chancy " if he gives prom- 

 ise of developing into something high-class, but 

 has been purchased for a moderate or low price. 

 When a horse throws his fore feet outward at 

 the finish of the forward step he is said to 

 "wing," "dish" or "paddle," according to the 

 choice of terms. They all mean the same thing. 

 If he toes-out in front he is "nigger-heeled"; if 

 he toes-in he is "pigeon-toed." If he stands 

 with the points of his hooks together and his 

 hind toes out, he is "cow-hocked." If the for- 

 mation of the foreleg is the reverse of what it 

 is in a knee-sprung horse, he is "calf -kneed" 

 or "stands back at his knees," as opposed to 

 4 ' over at his knees. ' ' A horse that toes-out in 

 front will almost invariably "box" or "knock" 

 or hit his knees or "brush" his ankles. If he 

 strikes his hind ankles he "interferes" ; striking 

 higher up behind is called "speedy-cutting," 

 but it is done by striking the opposing fore foot. 

 If he strikes the shoe of a front foot with the 

 toe of the hind he "forges" or "over-reaches." 

 If he is off in his wind he is "windy," or 

 "roars" or "whistles." A "bull" is a horse 

 that grunts when a pass is made at him. Inci- 

 dentally it may be remarked that about 10 per 

 cent of all the horses which reach the Chicago 

 market are windy. If he is afflicted with chorea 

 he is "stringy" or "crampy" or a "shiverer," 

 though he may be "stringy" on account of some 



