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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 Brixise. — 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 vertebrae. 

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



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