' HOGGING.' 



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only some two inches are left standing perpen- 

 dicularly, so as to make the neck of the horse look 

 as much as possible like that of the ass. 



This custom of cutting the mane, or ' hogging ' it, 

 as this particular form of mutilation is called, was, as 

 far as I can discover, introduced in the early part of 

 the century, when a sham classical mania reigned 

 paramount in the fashionable world. Sporting men 



HORSE WITH ' HOGK3ED ' MANE. 



were called ' Corinthians,' horse races were dignified 

 by the name of ' Olympian Games,' and so forth. 

 Therefore, the horses had to look classical in order to 

 preserve consistency, and their manes were cut so as 

 to make them resemble the horses of antiquity. 



Lately, I regret to say that the mutilation of the 

 mane has been revived, chiefly, I believe, by polo 

 players. 



