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At the Halter. See No. 6,. Auction Rules. 



Beefy Hocks. Thick, meaty hocks, lacking in quality. 



Bench-legged. See knock-kneed. 



Blue-eye. An unsound eye with blue appearance. The 

 sight may or may not be entirely gone. 



Bobber or Jig Back. A horse or mule that wobbles in hind- 

 quarters when he moves, due to an unsound or weak back 

 in the region of the loin. 



Boggy in Hocks. Bog spavins. 



Bow-legged. Too wide apart at the knees, the opposite 

 of knock-kneed. 



Bowed Tendon. An enlarged tendon back of the canon, 

 due to an injury. 



Broken Knees. Knees which have had the skin broken 

 from a fall or a bruise and much enlarged. 



Buck-kneed. Knees bent forward when standing. 



Bull Pen. An auction ring at any market where horses 

 are sold. 



Bush. To deduct a part of a stated sale price on account 

 of a blemish, or unsoundness not mentioned or not apparent 

 at time of sale, or for other reasons. 



Calf-kneed. Knees bent too far back the opposite of 

 buck-kneed. 



Capped Hock. The point of the hock back of the web 

 enlarged. Caused by a bruise of the bursa. 



Car Bruise. Bruised in car in shipping. If freshly done 

 swelling and inflammation will be present. 



Cartilage. Prominent lateral cartilage or incipient side 

 bone. 



Chancy. Purchased at a moderate price because of an 

 uncertainty, with prospects for developing into something 

 good. 



Cock Ankle. Standing bent forward on the fetlocks more 

 often on the hind ones. 



Coon-footed. Long and very low pasterns. 



Coupling. The space or connection between the dorsal 

 vertebrae and the pelvis on top of the back. An animal 

 that has a long coupling is too long in the lumbar vertebra. 

 This is best measured by the distance of last rib from hip. 



