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Carnarvonshire – Coper
Carnarvonshire
- Vaynol Park, near Bangor.
Cheshire
Aston Hall, near Frodsham; Tabley Park, Hooton-on-the-Mersey; Eaton Hall near Chester, and Burton Hall.
CORNWALL.-Lamorran, Trenant Wood. near Truro; Fowey;
Cumberland
- Greystoke; Wythrop Woods, near Bassenthwaite; Gobay Park, and Edenhall, near Penrith; Eamont River, below Ulleswater; Muncaster Castle.
Calf Knee
A knee that bends sideways towards its fellow; similar to knock-knees in man.
Calkin or Calk
A spur projecting downward from a horse's shoe in order to prevent it from falling in slippery weather.
Cannon Bone or Canon Bone
- The bone uniting knee joint and fetlock in the fore-leg, hock and fetlock in the hind. Also called shank.
Chin Groove
- The depression behind the horse's lower jaw in which the curb-chain fits.
Clicking
A defect in a horse's paces, which causes him to knock his feet against one another when he is trotting or galloping. Also called forging.
Cob
Any compact, short-legged horse.
Coffin Bone
- The bone in the centre of the hoof.
Commissure
The natural clefts of a horse's foot. They are three in number, one down the centre of the frog, the others between the bars and the crust.
Coper
Any dealer in horses whose integrity is uncertain.