Part 18

=Capped Hock.=—New and sore, or old and painless, swelling or callous of the point of the hock joint; due to bruise.

=Careless.=—A horse is “a little careless” when he stands with knees sprung.

=Car Bruise.=—Swellings, tumors, abscesses, on parts likely to have been bruised in shipping. Sometimes an excuse for such things not so caused.

=Cartilage.=—A prominent lateral cartilage at quarter of foot. May or may not be a side-bone.

=Chest Founder.=—Wasting or falling in of muscles of front of chest.

=Chestnut.=—The horny projection found upon the lower inner aspect of the forearm and lower inner aspect of the hock joint. Considered a vestige of an additional hoof of the prehistoric horse.

=Clefty; Clifty.=—Flat, clean, fine quality cannon bones.

=Coarse-Footed.=—Having side-bones.

=Cocked Ankle.=—Fore or hind ankles (fetlocks) bent forward. Common in young, overfed and under-exercised colts. When chronic, indicates shortening of flexor tendons and sometimes high ringbone.

=Cold-Footed.=—“A little cold-footed” means stringhalt.

=Coon-Footed.=—Long, sloping pasterns, throwing fetlocks low.

=Coupling.=—The region of the lumbar vertebræ, loins, or space between last rib and hip.

=Cow-Hocked.=—Standing like a cow with hocks together and toes turned out.

=Crampy.=—Chorea, St. Vitus’ dance, or slight stringhalt. The affected animal jerks up a hind leg on backing out of stall, and at the same time the tail elevates and quivers, and the muscles shiver.

=Crest Fallen.=—Broken over crest under heavy mane. Often means fistulous withers.

=Cribber.=—A horse that fixes his teeth or rests his chin on any object and then sucks wind.

=Crock.=—Old, crippled horse.

=Cross-Firing.=—Striking one fore foot with opposite hind foot when trotting.

=Curb.=—A bulging enlargement at back of hind leg just below hock and resulting from an injury to the tendon and its sheath.

=Curby-Formed Hock.=—An acutely bent or set hock giving a sickle appearance. Hind feet are thrown too far under body.

=Cushion.=—A small puff toward front of outer side of hind cannon just below hock joint.

=Cutting.=—Interfering or striking with feet on joints.

=Cut in the Wind.=—“The least bit in the world” unsound in wind.

=Dead Spavin or Ringbone.=—Lameness of spavin or ringbone subsided as a result of firing and blistering, or other treatment.

=Dimple.=—Point of hips lightly deformed by accident constitutes a “little dimple,” slightly hipped.

=Dizzy.=—A dummy.

=Docked.=—Having had part of tail amputated.

=Docked and Set Up.=—By operation the tail is made to carry high, after being docked.