GLOSSARY OF HORSE AND MULE MARKET TERMS 445 



Michigan Pad. A puff or cushion that occurs just below 

 the hock on the outside of the hind canon near the forward 

 edge. The same as outside cushion. 



Moon Blindness. Periodic opthalmia. 



Nicked. An operation severing the cords on one side of the 

 tail to straighten it. 



Nigger-heeled. Front toes turned out, heels in. 



Old Skin or Skate. A worn-out animal. 



Outside Cushion. The same as cushion or Michigan pad. 



Over-reach. Reaching farther forward with the hindfeet 

 in traveling than where the front ones were picked up. 



Paddle. Winging out with the front feet. 



Parrot Mouth. The upper submaxillary longer than the 

 lower jaw. 



Periodic Ophthalmia. Inflammatory affection of the inte- 

 rior of the eye. It usually disappears in a week or ten days 

 and returns again in a few weeks. The cycles are often com- 

 pleted in about a month and because of this fact many 

 people believe the trouble is in some way related to the moon 

 changes, hence the name "moon blindness." 



Pig-eye. A small eye set too much in the head and with 

 thick eyelids. It accompanies, in general, animals with a 

 lymphatic temperament and with imperfect vision. 



Pigeon-toed. Front toes turned in the opposite of nigger- 

 heeled. 



Pink-eye. A disease causing a white skum to form over 

 the eye often causing blindness. 



Poll Evil. A fistulous condition or abscess on or near 

 the poll. 



Pones. Lumps of fat on a mule's body. 



Posting. Rising and falling in the saddles with each 

 alternative step when the horse is trotting. 



Puffs. Wind galls, bog spavins, or thoroughpins. 



Quarter Crack. A vertical crack on the side of the hoof 

 often running to coronet. 



Quittor. A fistulous opening upon the heel or coronary 

 band of the foot. 



Rat Tail. A tail with but little hair. 



