GLOSSARY OF HORSE AND MULE MARKET TERMS 435 



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. 



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