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says : " I consider it far preferable to alfalfa for turf horses." 

 It is the geranium, or Erodium cicutarium of botanists. 



Filemaker. A celebrated jumping horse owned by 

 Madame jNIarantette, Mendon, Michigan. He jumped 7 ft., 

 4^ in., at Taunton, Mass., October 7, 1891, the highest jump 

 ever made over the bars in public in the world. Filemaker 

 stands 17 hands high, weighs 1,370 pounds and in making this 

 jump carried 149 pounds. 



Filled Leg*. A term applied to an enlai'ged or swollen 

 leg, and when from any cause a horse has a trouble like this, he 

 is said to have a leg. Thus Charles Marvin says : " Smuggler 

 had a \&g all through his campaign of 1876." 



Filly. A female colt or foal ; a young mare. 



Find the Seat. [Eq.] This is a term used to express 

 the acquiring of a firm, graceful, and proper seat in horseman- 

 ship. An amateur who rides well is said to have "found the 

 seat." 



Fine. A penalty or punishment imposed upon a rider, 

 driver, or member, for a violation of rules. All fines are 

 required tobe paid on the day when imposed or when demanded, 

 and are paid to the managers of the track, or member of the 

 associations on whose grounds they were imposed, and by them 

 paid to the National or American Association. Fines imposed 

 by either association are recognized and enforced by the other, 

 the same as though originally imposed by it. Fines paid to 

 the American Turf Congress are held as a fund for the benefit 

 of sick, superannuated, or injured trainers and jockeys in good 

 standing in the Congress. 



Finish. The end of a heat or race. The finish is the 

 most vital j^oint of a race, and it is here that the driver should 

 display his best judgment. The attention should never, even 

 for an instant, be diverted from his horse, as inattention to the 

 horse at the finish has lost many a race. 



Finished. Used to describe a horse of fine form and 

 condition, as perfect in every respect; symmetrical; without 

 fault ; well finished. 



Firing" Iron; Cautery Iron. An instrument with 

 which veterinary surgeons perform the act of cauterizing for 

 sprains, wind-puifs, spavins, injured tendons, etc. The usual 

 forms are line, point and needle surfaces — the former being 

 used for superficial, and the latter for pyropuncture, or internal 

 cauterizing. In the last named the needle attached to the iron 

 is of platinum, nine-sixteenths of an inch long ; and of the 

 former there are various patterns. Internal or needle cauter- 



