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