Ears large and pointed, and folded down when the animal is at rest.
So he will endeavour to be "on the jack," the ideal position being a bowl at rest immediately in front of or behind it.
Should a bowl running jackwards touch the jack, however slightly, it is called a toucher and must be marked by the skip with a chalk cross as soon as it is at rest.
The engine follows up any wave that it has sent forward, and so crowds up the succeeding waves into a less distance than if it remained at rest.
It draws off from any wave it has sent backward and so spreads the succeeding waves over a longer distance than if it had remained at rest.