7O Gait of the American Trotter and Pacer 



From the review of the trotting gait we shall now pass on to a 

 similar investigation of the pacing gait. Fig. 51 presents the picture 

 of the then 5-year old bay mare Alone, 2 :oo, ]/ 4) owned i>y T. W. Bar- 

 stow, her breeder, of San Jose, Cal. She is by Nearest, 2:22^, full 

 brother to John A. McKerron, 2:04^, both being by Nutwood Wilkes, 

 2:i6y 2 . Some years ago, this trial was made through the courtesy of 

 Mr. Barstow, and for a subject of illustrating the pace none more 

 perfect could have been selected. Unlike Lou Dillon, Alone is a mare 

 1 6. i hands tall and of magnificent proportions, a powerful and service- 

 able animal and of a smooth, low gait. During the trial she paced a 

 2:05 gait; and she has a half mile record of 59^ seconds. Like Lou 

 Dillon, she required practically no boots except for protection at dan- 

 gerous points. A small heel boot in front and ankle boot behind was 

 her entire outfit. 



Unfortunately only 15 strides could be obtained instead of the 

 customary 20, which always necessitates more calculations than a 

 decimal like 10 or 20 does. 



In Fig. 52 is given the. appearance of the tracks of the pace. 

 While in the trot the movement of the feet on each side is in opposite 

 directions and results in the overstep of hind over fore, as seen in 

 Figs. 40 and 41, in the pace the hind follow their anterior members on 

 the same side. Hence, in measurements as well as in tables the columns 

 for hind feet precede those for fore feet. 



Sticking the pin that holds the end ring of tape line into the ground 

 at toe of near hind, we again measure off 100 feet and in a similar 

 note book properly lined with pencil into columns for measurements 

 we enter the feet and decimals thereof as they appear at toe of each 

 foot, taking care to alternate sides in book as they alternate on ground ; 

 that is, in pairs of hind foot and fore foot. 



Fig. 53 presents the results of such measurements of the mare 

 Alone. By subtracting alternate lines from each other we obtain again 

 the strides for hind and fore, the near side being designated by the 

 letter "n" and the off side by the letter "o." 



As in the analysis of the trot, we have again three relative dis- 



