OR, The Turn Out. 



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HORSEY PHRASES, SLANG TERMS, AND 

 RACY REMARKS. 



"Be thou familiar, but by no means vulvar." 



N order to render this work as acceptable to 

 all classes of readers, and as easily under- 

 stood as possible, all technical phraseology, 

 cant language, slang terms, or stable ex- 

 pressions have been studiously avoided. 

 As, however, our readers may meet with 

 such terms in other works, or in the 

 periodical literature of the day, or hear 

 them at auctions, fairs, and other public 

 places, and may be at a loss to understand 

 their meaning, it has been considered that 

 an exposition of some of the more fre- 

 quently used terms and phrases may be of service. A selec- 

 tion of these has therefore been made by the Author from 

 memory, and such explanations given as will enable anyone 

 to understand their meaning, whether on the turf, in the 

 auction room, or in the stable. 



Amble — A peculiar kind of pace, wherein a horse's two legs, of the 

 same side, move at the same time. 



Auhin — A broken pace, between an amble and a gallop ; a defect 



A Mark — A ninny; to take advantage of; good impression; 

 "made his mark." 



A Pony of Beer — Small glass. 



Hqrs — The fleshy rows that run across the upper part of the 

 horse's mouth. 



Bay — A bay horse is the colour commonly called a red, incHning 

 to chesnut. This colour varies in several ways ; thus — 

 " a dark bay," or light bay. 



Bishoper—One skilled in horse dentistry (but not for the general 

 weal). 



