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Bandages. Strips of linen, cotton or flannel used to 

 swathe the legs of the horse. They should be from three to 

 four inches wide, and of sufficient length to wrap the leg round 

 from the lower part of the fetlock to the under part of the 

 knee or hock, the folds overlapping, and be provided with two 

 strings sewn on to one end, by which the folds may be tied 

 and secured in their places. It is quite an art to put on band- 

 ages properly, especially where a horse has to take his work in 

 them. First have the bandage rolled up smoothly, and com- 

 mence a little below the knee, or hock, winding it carefully so 

 that there are no creases, till you reach the coronet ; then go 

 back with another fold, till you come back above the place 

 where you commence, and tie v^ith the same care, keeping the 

 strings flat as they cross over each other, and fasten. It is a 

 good plan to have oiled silk or rubber material for wrapping 

 outside the bandages used for applying liniment, to prevent 

 them from drying up. The purposes served by bandages are : 

 To support the legs, their tendons, blood vessels and synovial 

 vessels ; to dry and keep the legs warm ; to protect them from 

 injury, and by means of which to apply lotions and hot and 

 cold water. 



Bar. An obstruction ; to exclude. Time taken on any 

 track is a bar, whether made on a short track or one full 

 measurement, or whether on a free or an association track. 

 Time made under the saddle, or on snow or ice, is a bar for 

 races of the same character only ; but time made to wagon is a 

 bar or record, as the case may be, in races of every character. 

 If it should appear, upon investigation, that any record was 

 fraudulently obtained, it is not a record, but a bar. If a race 

 takes place upon a track where no purses or prizes are con- 

 tested for, and where no admission is taken at the gate, time 

 made is a bar, provided judges are appointed and time made 

 is announced. If there are no judges and no time announced, 

 time made is not a record. In making entries, time previously 

 made is a bar to admission in a class slower than the one in 

 which the horse is to be entered. 



Bar. Except. The word bar is used instead of the com- 

 mon compound form, "debar." When a bookmaker says "ten 

 to one bar one," he means that he will lay ten to one against 

 any horse, bar (that is, except) one. 



Bar Bit. The plain, straight mouth-piece of a bridle, 

 connecting the checks. Used with straight or curved bars on 

 the Liverpool slide principle, and operated on the jointless 

 Pelham plan, but differs in construction. It is said that the 



