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any boy can sharpen a jack-knife, but it takes a barber to keep a 

 razor in order.— Life with tlie Trotters, John Splan. 

 In all lliat pertains to his craft the trainer must be an expert, studying 

 and knowing ihe constitutions, tempers, defects and capabilities of 

 lus horses as though they were his children. He must be sober and 

 vigilant, implicitly trusting no man but himself , yet appearing to 

 repose the frankest conhdence in his grooms, while he exercises 

 the keenest supervision over them. — The Badminton Library: Rac- 

 ing, The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, and W. G. Craven. 



Train-on. Clever at training in the line or habit 

 desired. To " train on well," is to act kindly under training ; 

 to improve in speed by training and working. 



Trammel. An ancient as well as modern instrument 

 for changing the gait of horses. Gervase Markham, who pub- 

 lished his "Clieape and Good Hvsbandry," in 1G16, in that 

 chapter devoted to the "ordering of the great horse," describes 

 trammels as "leathers so fixed that the horse cannot put for- 

 ward his fore legge, but he must perforce hale his hinder legge 

 after it." Modern trammels are of leather, fitted to the horse's 

 legs to regulate his motions, and are often used in teaching a 

 horse to amble. 



Trapezium. The real definition of this word is, a quad- 

 rilateral — no two sides of which are equal ; but in the descrip- 

 tion of the exterior parts of the horse it refers to the prom- 

 inence on the posterior surface, or back part of the knee. 



It is true that many horses are cut away under the knee to that extent 

 that the leg is weakened, and will not stand constant hard work; 

 but we must distinguish between the horse with an unusually well 

 developed trapezium bone which forms the prominence, and the 

 one which is illy formed by being too much cut away under the 

 joint.— E. A. A. Grange, V. S., Michigan State College Experiment 

 Station. 



Traps ; Trappings. An outfit for a track horse ; boots, 

 bandages, clothing and necessary stable equipments. 



Trappy. A short, rapid, snappy, high-stepping gait is 

 said to be a " trappy " gait. 



Trappiness. [Eng-] A term applied to any hedge, 

 fence or obstacle which is dangerous to take or pass, from a 

 part of it being concealed, like a brook or ditch on the opposite 

 side of a fence or hedge, not seen in approaching it. "It was 

 not the size of this fence," says Mr. Coventry, in Badminton, 

 "but its trappiness to which trainers and riders objected." 



Travelling'-g'ear. A track term denoting the legs, 

 muscles and locomotory organs of the horse. Mr. Marvin, in 

 describing one of the colts which he trained, says : "Her trav- 

 elling-gear was good from the ground up." 



Traversing*. [Eq.] The motion by which a saddle 

 horse passes to the right and left, alternately, by the bearing 

 of the reins or the leo;s of the rider. 



