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Turn-up. A sudden i)iece of luck. Bookmakers are 

 said to have a " turn-up " when an unbacked horse wins. 



Turrets. Circular metallic stays placed on each side of 

 the saddle, through which the reins pass. See Terrets. 



Tushes ; Tusks. The four canine teeth of the adult 

 horse, corresponding exactly with the tusks of the boar, and 

 the great corner teeth of the lion and dog; but in all the 

 Equidse they perform a very subordinate office, not being 

 required either as a means of defence, or for the purpose of 

 seizing prey. There are no temporary tushes in the horse, and 

 in the mare they are either entirely absent or in a very rudi- 

 mentary form. 



Twenty-milers. Horses that have trotted twenty 

 miles within one hour. Only six horses in the United States 

 have ever performed this feat, viz: 1. Trustee, ch. g. by 

 imported Trustee; dam, Fanny Pullen, Union Course, Long 

 Island, N. Y., October 20, 1848, 59:85f 2. Lady Fulton, 

 b. m., breeding unknown, Centreville, Long Island, IST. Y., 

 July 12, 1855, 59:55. 3. Captain McGowan, ro. h., breeding 

 unknown, Boston, Mass., October 31, 1865, 58:25. 4. John 

 Stewart, b. g. by Tom Wonder, pacer; dam, by Hambletonian, 

 (Harris'), Oakland, California, April 4, 1868, 59:23. 5. Mattie 

 Howard, ch. m., breeding unknown, San Francisco, California, 

 December 7, 1871, 59:30|-. 6. Controller, b. g., by Gen. Tay- 

 lor, by the Morse Horse, San Francisco, California, April 20, 

 1878, (to wagon), 58:57. 



Two-forty-eight, and one-half. The first recorded 

 time of a mile made in less than three minutes, in this country, 

 was by the Boston horse, at Philadelphia, Pa., in August, 1870, 

 in 2:48i. 



Two-in-three. A race of heats best two in three, in 

 which a horse winning two heats, or distancing the field, wins 

 the race. 



Two-pluck-one. A term used to describe a jockey's 

 or driver's trick, by which one horse may be sent ahead to set 

 the pace and tire a contending horse with which he may be 

 quite evenly matched, when, at the right time, a third horse 

 which has been trailing and is comparatively fresh, is sent 

 along to measure strides and take the lead. Thus, in nearly 

 every instance, two horses can tire and vanquish a third, even 

 though he may have several seconds the advantage in speed 

 and endurance. 



Two-ten, (2:10). Twenty-three trotters have trotted in 

 2:10, or better, since Maud S. was first to enter the list in 



