Table. The free portion, crown or surface of the teeth 

 which becomes worn by friction with the hard substances the 

 horse takes as food, and by the constant contact with the teeth 

 of the opposite jaw. There are five well defined periods in this 

 dental table, as it changes from use in successive years : 1, 

 The surface of the teeth forming the dental table is at first flat- 

 tened from front to rear ; 2, this table becomes oval ; 3, it 

 becomes rounded and its two diameters are nearly equal ; 4, it 

 becomes triangular with three borders, one anterior and two 

 lateral; 5, the table is flattened from side to side and so 

 remains to very old age. 



Tag's. The pendants, usually of copper, in the oval plate 

 in the center of the bar of a mouthing bit. They lay upon the 

 tongue, and by playing with them the attention of the horse 

 is diverted, thus rendering him more easily subdued and 

 managed. 



Tail Male Line. A term used in a thoroughbred pedi- 

 gree, by which is meant the horses tracing in direct male line 

 to Herod on the side of the sire. For instance : Diomed, 

 winner of the inauguration Derby in 1780, was by Florizel, 

 son of Herod ; young Eclipse winner of the second Derby by 

 O'Kelly's Eclipse, etc. 



Take Care of, To. A term expressive of a favor or 



advantage which a driver will give another if he can do so 



fairly ; and also implying a choice for a horse that may be in 



the field. "If I can take care of you, I will," means that if the 



opportunity occurs as between the one spoken to and another, 



the driver will look out and give him the advantage. A judge 



in assigning positions to horses will say to a driver, "Mr. Blank, 



you have the pole"; and the answer may be given, "thank you 



for the favor," when, in fact, it was no favor of the judges, at 



all, the horse got the pole fairly in the drawing. The term is 



not to be taken as expressive of collusion or any understanding 



as between parties in a race. 



The starter again took care of Manzanita in the sixth lieat, and gave a 

 start that can only be explained on tlie theory that he was so nuich 

 tnteresled in the great race that he tailed to watch the held closely. 

 —Training the Trotting Horse, Charles Marvin. 



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