46 DOMESTIC ANIMALS, DAIRYING, ETC. 



Cribber. An animal having the vice of biting or setting the 

 teeth against something and "sucking wind." 



Cross firing. Hitting one of the fore feet with the opposite 

 hind foot when traveling. 



Curb. An injury or sprain of the ligament at the back of the 

 hock which usually causes an enlargement. 



Curby hock. The back of the hock is rounding when viewed 

 from the side. 



Cushion. An enlarged bursa occurring just below the hock 

 near the forward edge on the outside of the cannon. A Michi- 

 gan pad. 



Cutting. Interfering. 



Docked. Having the end of the tail cut off. 



Docked and set. By an operation the end of the tail is cut off 

 and the stump is set up. 



Dummy. A horse whose brain is affected, the cause usually 

 being overfeeding and lack of exercise. The symptoms are listless- 

 ness and hesitancy in moving; a vacant stare in the eyes and a 

 proneness to cock the ears and look sideways and upward ; also, the 

 holding of hay and feed in the mouth without any attempt at mas- 

 tication. 



Ewe neck. A deficiency of muscling causing a depression at 

 the top of the neck just in front of the withers. 



Falls out of bed. Pulls back on halter rope. 



Feather in eye. A mark across the eyeball not touching the 

 pupil, often caused by an injury. It may or may not impair the 

 sight. 



Filled in hocks. May mean either bog spavins or thorough- 

 pins though most generally the former. 



Fistula. Fistulous withers. An abscess occurring in the re- 

 gion of the withers. 



Forging. Striking the front shoes with the toe of the hind 

 ones. 



Founder. Inflammation of the feet causing lameness. Tech- 

 nically known as laminitis. 



Glass-eye. See wall-eye. 



Goose rump. A short steep croup and narrow at point of the 

 buttock. 



Gristle. An incipient side bone. 



Halter puller. Pulls back on halter rope. 



Hand. -A inches. Horses are measured at the highest point 

 on the withers in terms of hands. 14-2 would mean 14 hands and 

 2 inches, or 58 inches. 



Heavey. Having the heaves. 



Hipped. Having the point of one hip broken over so that it 

 appears lower than when normal. It does not materially impair 

 usefulness. 



Hitching. Having a shorter stride in one hind leg than the 

 other. 



Hog back. A reached back, the opposite from sway back. 



Hollow back. A sway back. 



