Date:  Fri, 17 Mar 1995 16:18:46 -0500

From:  "Jerry (NMN) Miller" <miller[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NEWTON.FRANKLINCOLL.EDU>

Subject: Re: Salty dog?



  One of my colleagues, who has a farming background, says that an uncoopera-

tive horse is called a "salty horse" and wonders if "salty dog" could be a

transferral of the saltiness from equine to canine?



                    jmiller