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Collared. When a rider sees that he is beaten in a race, 

 he is said to be " collared." 



Cold. A cold, if neglected until it degenerates into some 

 seated form, as for instance, nasal catarrh, is a cause of 

 unsoundness. 



Cold-I>looded. Not thoroughbred ; of common or mon- 

 grel stock ; an animal showing only ill breeding. 



Collect. To gather quickly in taking a fence, hurdle, 

 wall or other obstacle. 



The animal that is destined for chasing must learn to collect himself 

 witli the slifilitest possible diminution of speed, to Hy liis fences, to 

 get away from tliem on the otlier side witliout a pause, and to do 

 all tills with the least effort.— The Badminton Library: Steeple- 

 chasing, Arthur Coventry and Alfred E. T. Watson. 



To malic a horse jump "big,"" pull him together, and make him bring 

 his hind quarters under him by the pressure of the legs and touch 

 of the whip.— Riding. M. Horace Hayes, M. R. C. V. S. 



Collected. [Eq.] A horse is said to be collected when 

 his head is in a perpendicular position, yields readily to the bit 

 and has no disposition to go out of hand. His hind feet will 

 be well in front of a perpendicular line dropped from the 

 points of the buttocks, his fore feet will be brought back more 

 than usual, and he will stand more or less over on them. His 

 head and neck will be raised, and he will be looking to the 

 front with ears pricked forward, ready for a move in what- 

 ever direction the rider wishes. 



Color of the Coat. The old proverb that "no good 

 horse is of a bad color," is manifestly untrue. Comparatively 

 few horses of a bad color have ever been successful on the turf, 

 and there is no doubt that those few would have been better 

 animals had their color been good. It is said that records 

 were kept of the colors of winners in the Phoenix stakes, Lex- 

 ington, Ky., inaugurated in 1831, and that in fifty-four races, 

 horses of a bay color won twenty-six times ; chestnuts, fifteen ; 

 brown, two ; black one. Statistics have also been published on 

 this point from results of the English races. It is said that in 

 about one hundred years of history of the Derby, Oaks, St. 

 Leger and Doncaster races, in 3576 starters in 293 stakes the 

 results were: Bays, 1826 starters, 159 winners, ratio of win- 

 ners 11 1-2; chestnuts, 807 starters, 71 winners, ratio of win- 

 ners; 11 1-3; browns, 699 starters, 54 winners, ratio of win- 

 ners, 13 ; grays and roans, 127 starters, 6 wdnners, ratio of 

 winners, 21 ; blacks, 109 starters, 2 winners, ratio of winners, 

 54 1-2 ; duns, 2 starters, one winner, ratio of winners, 1-2. 

 The most objectionable colors are those which are weak and 

 washy of their kind, and where the extremities are lighter than 

 the rest of their body. Thus a very light bay or chestnut is 



