11 FEBRUARY 1949, Page 5

Do you know what a horse is ? You think

so, but I doubt it. Anyhow, this is what the Bill, to be introduced by Sir Dymoke White, to restrict the docking and nicking of horses, says about it: " horse ' includes scallion, gelding, colt, mare, filly, pony, mule, and hinny." Everyone, of course, knows what a hinny is. But in case there is an exception to the general rule let me quote the Oxford Dictionary: "HINNY: Offspring of she-ass by stallion." (But why