BREEDS OF HORSES 47 



Interfering. Striking the fetlock or cannon with the opposite 

 foot as it passes, either in front or behind. 



Jack. A bone spavin. 



Jibber. An unguidable horse, often "green." 



Knee banger. One that interferes, hitting his knees. 



Knee sprung. Over on the knees caused by relaxation of the 

 extensor muscles, sometimes spoken of as buck knees. 



Knock kneed. The front legs bent in at the knees with feet 

 wide apart. Sometimes called bench legged. 



Legs go. See No. 5, auction rules. 



Light in the timber. Light boned, especially in the cannons. 



Little green. Not thoroughly broken. Often means an animal 

 that will not pull. 



Lugger. One that pulls or lugs on the bit. 



Lunker. An exceptionally big^ heavy boned horse. 



Makes a little noise. A very little windy. 



Michigan pad. A puff or cushion that occurs just below the 

 hock on the outside of the hind cannon near the forward edge. The 

 same as outside cushion. 



Moon blindness. Periodic ophthalmia. 



Nicked. An operation severing the cords on one side of the 

 tail to straighten it. 



Nigger heeled. Front toes turned out, heels in. 



Old Skin or Skate. A worn out animal. 



Outside Cushion. The same as cushion or Michigan pad. 



Over reach. Reaching farther forward with the hind feet in 

 traveling than where the front ones were picked up. 



Paddle. Winging out with the front feet. 



Parrot mouth. The upper sub-maxillary longer than the lower 

 jaw. 



Periodic ophthalmia. Inflammatory affection of the interior of 

 the eye. It usually disappears in a week or ten days and returns 

 again in a few weeks. The cycles are often completed in about a 

 month and because of this fact many people believe the trouble 

 is in some way related to the moon changes, hence the name "moon 

 blindness." 



Pig eye. A small eye set too much in the head and with thick 

 eyelids. It accompanies, in general, animals with a lymphatic tem- 

 perament and with imperfect vision. 



Pigeon toed. Front toes turned in, the opposite of nigger 

 heeled. 



Pink eye. A disease causing a whte scum to form over the 

 eye, often causing blindness. 



Poll evil. A fistulous condition or abscess on or near the poll. 



Pones. Lumps of fat on a mule's body. 



Posting. Rising and falling in the saddle with each alterna- 

 tive step when the horse is trotting. 



Puffs. Wind galls, bog spavins, or thoroughpins. 



Quarter crack. A vertical crack on the side of the hoof often 

 running to coronet. 



