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Take the Field. To stake one's money against the 

 favorite, thus backing all the rest against a single horse. 



Taking'-off. The act of leaving the ground in making 

 a leap or jump on horseback. 



Talent, The. The ring; those who have inside infor- 

 mation concerning the race, or a certain horse in the held ; the 

 knowing ones. The term originated in Australia. 



The talent came down to Rigby to back Charlie B., bnt went home with 

 lean jiocket-books. The little gray liorse from way-back surprised 

 everybody by the way he won the race.— Port land I'less. 

 Aiid sinks from view forever, while tiie talent 

 Declare they never saw a sight so gallant. 



— New South Wales paper. 



Tan Gallop. A winter exercise ground for horses, built 

 at Waterhall Farm, near Newmarket, Eng., in 1883. Said to 

 be the finest ground of its kind in the world. 



Tandem. A word meaning at length ; one after another. 

 Two or more horses harnessed and driven one before the other, 

 instead of side by side, as in a span, or pair. A fashionable 

 turn out. 



Tap the Wire. To obtain surreptitious possession of 

 the telegraph and extract the information with which it is 

 charged, concerning a race, for fraudulent or unlawful purposes. 



Tarpan. The wild horse of Tartary. 



Tarsus. The hock joint. 



Tattersall's. "The high-change of horse flesh." A 

 mart for the sale of horses established by Richard Tattersall, 

 near Hyde Park Corner, London, in 1766. The lease of the 

 site having expired, the new premises at Brompton were erected 

 and opened for business, April 10, 1865. The Tattersalls Com- 

 panies in America was organized in 1892, for the sale of fine 

 horses, with offices at New York ; Cleveland, Ohio ; Lexington, 

 Ky., and Chicago, 111. 



Teaming" a Race. Driving a race. The expression is 

 very often heard among drivers, "I teamed a race," meaning 

 that they drove a race ; hence to team, is to drive. 



Teeth, The horse has two sets of teeth : The milk 

 teeth w^iich appear at or soon after birth, known as those of 

 the first dentition ; and the permanent teeth, or those of the 

 second dentition. The teeth are placed in each jaw in such a 

 manner that they make the form of an arch — the convex part 

 forward and the open part back toward the throat. The arch 

 of each jaw is again classed by veterinarians into three sections 

 — the anterior, or front ; the intermediate, or middle, and the 

 lateral, or back. In the first are located the incisors ; in the 



