The Encyclopaedia of Sport and Games

Every sport and game of the Edwardian world in four volumes — from angling and ballooning to yachting — written by the people who did them, Theodore Roosevelt on big game among them.

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Shoe – Somerset

Shoe

A loop of iron nailed on to horses' feet to preserve them from the rough wear of the roads.

Shoulder

The upper part of the fore-leg, from its junction with the body to the shoulderjoint. Also called the Arm. Sickle Hocks.-Hocks that bend unduly backward.

Skewbald

The colour of a coat which consists of patches of any two colours except white and black. Such horses are properly called Piebald. Supposed to be an original wild colour in Eastern Asia. It is the favourite colour among the Gauchos of South America.

Snip

A small patch of white upon a horse's nose.

Sorrel

The colour of a coat which consists of yellowish- or reddish-brown hairs.

Splint Bones

- Small bones running from hock or knee to fetlock parallel with shank bone.

Star

A square patch of white upon a horse's forehead.

Stifle

The joint at the junction of the hindleg and the body, between the gaskin and the thigh proper.

Shropshire

North.

Shropshire

South.

Silverton.

Sinnington.

Smith Bosanquet's

Mr.

Somerset

West.

Southdown.

Southwold.

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