Part 19

=Droop Croup.=—Short, steep croup; tail set low.

=Dropped Soles.=—Bulging, or convexity of soles at points of frogs, due to descent of pedal bone in acute founder.

=Dummy.=—Softening of the brain following sunstroke or heat exhaustion. Horse is dull, sleepy, stupid; takes hay into the mouth and forgets to chew it; and if the fore feet are placed crossing one another, they may be kept in that position indefinitely.

=Ergot.=—The horny spur located at the back of the fetlock joint. The ergot is considered a vestige of an additional hoof of the prehistoric horse.

=Ewe-Neck.=—Low crest with head held in straight line and marked depression in front of withers.

=Falls Out of Bed.=—Pulls back on halter rope.

=Feet Sore from the Planks.=—Has chorea; a shiverer.

=Family Broke.=—Takes the whole family to drive him.

=Feather in Eye.=—Scar on eyeball, due to cut; it does not necessarily impair vision.

=Filled Hocks.=—Swelling of joints, indicating poor circulation, grossness. As a market term, it may mean bog-spavin and thoroughpin.

=Fistula.=—Fistulous withers. An abscess with opening discharging pus from sinuses (pipes) connecting with diseased tissues of the withers.

=Fitty.=—Has fits when hot.

=Flat-Footed.=—Low heels, dropped sole; founder.

=Forging.=—Noisily striking the fore shoe with toe of hind shoe when traveling.

=Founder.=—Laminitis. Inflammation of the sensitive laminæ of the foot, leading to lameness, dropped soles, rings and ridges in hoof wall and tendency to walk on heels.

=Freezer.=—A palsied horse; “hind feet froze to the floor.”

=Glass-Eye.=—Amaurosis or palsy of the sight in which, from paralysis of the optic nerve and retina, the eye is stone blind, yet bright, lustrous and prominent. The pupil is widely dilated and does not contract when exposed to bright light. As a market term, may mean cataract, watch-eye, wall-eye, or that condition in which the iris is pearly white in color and not necessarily diseased.

=Gill Flirt.=—Perineum between rectum and vagina lacerated at foaling so as to unite passages.

=Goosey.=—A horse that is nervous in the stall.

=Goose Rump.=—A short, steep croup and narrow at the point of the buttock.

=Go Down, or Kidney Faller.=—Collapses in hind quarters when worked.

=Gristle.=—A forming side-bone or enlargement of the lateral cartilage due to tread, bruise or wire cut.

=Guinea.=—A Greek or Italian buyer.

=Hand.=—Four inches. Width of the palm of the hand, used in measuring the height of a horse from the ground surface at the sole of the foot to the highest point of withers.

=Hand Stick.=—Used for measuring the height of horse.

=Heaves; Heavey.=—“Broken wind,” or “emphysema of the lungs,” characterized by coughing, passing of gas from the rectum, and double bellows-like the action of the abdominal muscles in breathing.

=Head Strong.=—Halter puller in stall.

=High Blower.=—Broken winded or may be soft from feeding and idleness.