Part 21

=Old Skin or Skate.=—Aged, decrepit, or worn-out horse.

=One Bum Lamp.=—One eye blind, diseased or unsound.

=Outside Cushion.=—Same as Cushion or Michigan Pad.

=Over-Reach.=—Stride takes hind feet farther forward than the point at which the fore ones were picked up.

=Paddle.=—“Winging” out with fore feet.

=Palsy.=—Shiverer; chorea.

=Parrot Mouth.=—Upper incisor (pincher) teeth protruding over lower incisors. Upper jaw longer and projecting over under jaw.

=Pig-Eye.=—Small, retracted eyes. Characteristic of some horses of French breed. May indicate imperfect vision.

=Pigeon-Toed.=—Front toes turned in. Opposite of nigger-heeled.

=Pilgrim.=—An old, worn-out horse. A good old “has been.”

=Pin-Hipped.=—Hipped from fracture of point of ilium.

=Pink-Eye.=—Pinky, as a market term, applied to moon blindness. Correctly speaking, epizootic, cellulitis, or influenza, especially affecting the membranes of the eyes.

=Plug.=—An old, worn-out horse, or one of poor shape.

=Poll-Evil.=—Swelling and abscess, similar to fistulous withers, affecting poll of head.

=Pones.=—Lumps of fat on body of mule.

=Posting.=—Rider rising and falling in saddle with each alternate step of horse when trotting.

=Puffs.=—Soft swellings involving joints or tendons. Distensions of synovial bursal and capsular ligaments. Thoroughpins, wind-galls, bog-spavin.

=Quarter Crack.=—Fissure in wall of hoof running from hair toward sole at quarter.

=Quittor.=—Enlargement of the hoof head (coronet) having one or more openings (pipes or sinuses) discharging pus and connecting with diseased cartilage or other tissues.

=Rat Tail.=—Slim, almost hairless tail.

=Rejects.=—Horses returned to seller on account of unsoundness, or for other reasons.

=Rickety.=—Horse affected with rickets (rachitis). Same as Bobber or Jig Back.

=Ridgeling. Original.=—Cryptorchid. Testicles retained in abdomen or inguinal canal.

=Ringbone.=—A bony growth (exostosis) affecting the long or short pastern bones and coffin bones.

=Ripper.=—An unusually good, big horse.

=Roach Mane.=—Mane cut short.

=Roarer.=—Horse makes a roaring noise when exhaling air, the condition being due to paralysis affecting the nerves and cartilages of larynx. (Laryngeal hemiplegia.)

=Sallenders.=—Scurfy or eczematous condition of the skin in front of hock joint.