TARTAR EMETIC — TEMPER 



Tartar Emetic. — See Antimony, Poisons. 



Tee-cart is the name given to the very lightest form of 

 mail phaeton body, and is made for one horse only ; if 

 equipped with a pair it would, on account of its extreme light- 

 ness, look very much over-horsed. It has an open stick 

 front seat, and is never fitted with leather hood. It was 

 originally known as a light Stanhope phaeton. In the early 

 'sixties of last century, however, a man well known in the 

 driving world went into a coach-builder's shop in Long 

 Acre, and asked if he had a tee-cart in stock. Knowing his 

 business, but not recognising the name of the carriage, he 

 said : " Oh yes ; will you look round ? " This the customer 

 did, and selected a light Stanhope phaeton, of which the 

 coach-builder afterwards made a speciality, calling it a tee- 

 cart, as the gentleman had done. He advertised it well, and 

 did a prosperous business in tee-carts for many years after. 



Teeth. — See Age, Dentistry^ Tables. 



Telegony. — See Atavism, Saturation, Throw Back. 



Temper. — There is no doubt that temper is hereditary, 

 and according to popular belief, the sire has more to do with 

 transmitting his peculiarities to his stock than the dam has. 

 On the other hand, it is quite certain that many horses owe 

 their evil dispositions to bad treatment and teasing, hence 

 the importance of an owner insisting that his animals are 

 dealt with fairly by their breakers and those about them. A 

 horse's memory is prodigious, and the perfectly true stories 

 which are told of an animal remembering an injury done 

 him, and resenting the presence of his oppressor for years, 

 should be sufficient to ensure his being treated properly. 

 Cases are also known of horses suddenly developing a perfectly 

 fiendish temper, which has made it unsafe for people to 

 approach them, but such occurrences are, doubtless, due to the 

 development of some brain trouble. (See Handling, Memory, 

 Savageness.) 



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