HORSE

An animal of the genus equua and species cab all us. In a narrow and strict I sense, the term is applied only to the male, and only to males of four years old or thereabouts, younger horses being called "colts." But even in this sense the term includes both stallions and geldings. In a wider sense, and as generally used in statutes, the word J 1s taken as nomen uenerali imum, and in- 'cludes not only horses strictly so cS:Ued, but also colts, mares and tillies, and mules and a es. See Owens v. State, 38 Tex. 557; Ashworth v. Mounsey, L. R. 9 Exch. 187; Pul- K len v. State, 11 Tex. App. 91; All is on v. Brooks hire, 38 Tex. 201; State v. Ingram, 16 Kan. 19; State v. Dunnava:6.t, 3 Brev. (S. C.) 10, 5 Am. Dec. 530; State v. Gooch, 60 Ark. 218, 29 S. W. 640; Davis v. Collier, 13 Ga. 491. Compare Richardson v. Chicago L & A. R. Co., 149 Mo. 311, 50 S. W. 782. [s. 585]