Not a horse person, but an interesting term. My Funk & Wagnalls says that "to cover" in horsey terms is "to copulate". Thus the one labelled as such would be a stud. Learn something new everyday, don't we? Here's one for you all ----- Did you know that Plymouth (sorry, PLIMOTH) was the THIRD settlement in the New World by the English? Jamestown was 1607 (all died out in a couple of years), Popham Maine was a few months after Jamestown (everyone returned about a year later), then Plimoth in 1620, which was actualy the first one to be successful. Sorry - just trying to maintain some touch with the real world. Things are much more topsy turvy than normal in my neck of the woods. Cheers to all and to all a good night! Rich in NH Sue McCain wrote: > > 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 > > > > 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