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Tee – Teeing-ground

Tee

A point in the ice-the centre of the boardhead-to lie as near as possible to which at the end of the head (q.v.) is the aim of each player. Also called Tozee, Gogsee, and Wittyr.

The Bedlington Terrier

This dog takes his name from Bedlington, a village in Northumberland, in which locality the miners have kept him for many years. It has erroneously been stated that he was brought from Holland by a weaver, the mistake arising through his having had at one time as his greatest supporter a Mr.

Tandem

Two horses driven, not side by side, but one in front of the other.

Terrets

The loops or rings upon the saddle pad through which the reins pass.

Throat-lash.- [See BRIDLE.] Top ferrule.- [See COLLAR OF THE WHIP.]

Trace

The stout straps passing from the collar to the splinter-bar along which the horse's draught acts.

Talons

The claws of a hawk.

Tarsell

Tassell, Tiercel, Tercel. - The male hawk as opposed to the female. Said to be derived from the fact of its being a third, or "tierce," smaller in size.

Tiring

A piece of tough food, such as the leg of a fowl with the flesh taken off, given to the hawk to afford it something to do.

Towering (of the hawk). - To soar above its quarry.

Train Bird

- The bird at which the hawk is first practised by letting him fly at it when held in check by a fine cord.

Touch

The space at the sides of the field of play, separated from it by the touch-lines. In Rugby football the latter are a part of touch; in Association, of the field of play.

Tee

The small elevation, usually a pinch of sand, from which the ball is struck for the first stroke to each hole, or when lifted from a difficulty in stroke play.

Teeing-ground

The marked-out space from which the ball must be struck at the commencement of each hole.