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down. If a horse has a sloping rump he is 

 *^ goosey.'^ He is '* chancy'' if he gives prom- 

 ise of developing into something high-class, but 

 has been purchased for a moderate or low price. 

 When a horse throws his fore feet outward at 

 the finish of the forward step he is said to 

 ^'wing/' ^'dish'' or *^ paddle,'' according to the 

 choice of terms. They all mean the same thing. 

 If he toes-out in front he is '^nigger-heeled"; if 

 he toes-in he is '^ pigeon-toed." If he stands 

 with the points of his hocks together and his 

 hind toes out, he is ** cow-hocked." If the for- 

 mation of the foreleg is the reverse of what it 

 is in a knee-sprung horse, he is ''calf -kneed" 

 or "stands back at his knees," as opposed to 

 "over at his knees." A horse that toes-out in 

 front will almost invariably "box" or "knock" 

 or hit his knees or "brush" his ankles. If he 

 strikes his hind ankles he "interferes" ; striking 

 higher up behind is called "speedy-cutting," 

 but it is done by striking the opposing fore foot. 

 If he strikes the shoe of a front foot with the 

 toe of the hind he "forges" or "over-reaches." 

 If he is off in his wind he is "windy," or 

 "roars" or "whistles." A "bull" is a horse 

 that grunts when a pass is made at him. Inci- 

 dentally it may be remarked that about 10 per 

 cent of all the horses which reach the Chicago 

 market are windy. If he is afflicted with chorea 

 he is " stringy " or " crampy " or a " shiverer, ' ' 

 though he may be ' ' stringy ' ' on account of some 



