Hi Kevin, I'm a horse person, so I'd like to offer my best guess. When a mare is bred by a stallion, she is said to be "covered" by him. I would say that a "covering horse" might be a stallion, a stud horse. I would imagine that a stud horse would have a greater value than a mare or a gelding (neutered male) because of the potential stud fees. I'd be interested to hear if there are any other explanations. Sue [email protected] wrote: > > Subject: > > NJMORRIS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 260 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [NJMORRIS] Covering Horse ["kevin and rika" <[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from NJMORRIS-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [NJMORRIS] Covering Horse > Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 08:41:50 -1000 > From: "kevin and rika" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > While searching the tax records of Albert Alyea, I see he was taxed on a > 'covering horse'. Would anyone have any idea what this was? > I have seen other people also taxed on them, sometimes spelled coverning > horse. Any ideas? Take care, Kevin