Part 20

=Hillside.=—Hipped.

=Hipped.=—Point of hip-bone (ilium) fractured (knocked down), making that hip lower than the other when viewed from the rear, and not unusually a serious unsoundness. When distortion is great, the shaft of the ilium may have been fractured. The latter condition may render a mare unfit for breeding purposes.

=Hip Sweeny.=—Wasting (atrophy) of the muscles of the hip. Often serious in mares, being associated with fracture of the pelvis, and unfitting them for breeding purposes.

=Hitch.=—Stride of one hind leg too short.

=Hog-Back.=—Arched or roached-back. The opposite of sway back or hollow back.

=Interfering.=—Striking the fetlock or cannon with the opposite foot as it passes, either in front or behind, or it may be an “ankle knocker.”

=Jack.=—A small, round, bone-spavin. As a market term, often applied to a prominent spavin.

=Jibber.=—A green, raw, unguidable horse.

=Knee-Banger.=—Knees interfere.

=Lady-Toed.=—Cow-hocked horse. They are almost sure to hit their fetlocks, shins or knees.

=Legs Go.=—See Market Rules No. 5.

=Light in the Timber.=—Light boned below knees and hocks.

=Little Green.=—Awkward, poorly broken; may not pull.

=Lop Ear.=—Ears dropping over. May be a dummy.

=Lugger.=—Pulls or lugs on the bit.

=Lunker.=—An exceptionally big, heavy-boned horse.

=Makes a Little Noise.=—A slight roarer or whistler.

=Mallenders.=—Scurfy or eczematous condition of skin back of knees.

=Mecatched.=—Jewish term for a heavey horse.

=Mechanical Choker.=—A horse that roars when pulling a heavy load uphill, by getting the chin down to the chest, but is otherwise sound.

=Megrims.=—Fits; staggers; sudden falling.

=Michigan Age.=—Old.

=Michigan Pad.=—See Cushion. A puff on forward edge of hind cannon just below hock.

=Moon-Blind; Moon-Eyed.=—Eyes diseased or blind from periodic or recurrent ophthalmia.

=Mug.=—A greenhorn or buyer from the country.

=Nicked.=—Tail operated upon by severing the muscles to “set up” or straighten it.

=Nickel’s Worth of Hair Off.=—Wire cut.

=Nigger-Heeled.=—Front toes turned out; heels in.