TYPES AND MARKET CLASSES OF LIVE STOCK 411 



Pacing 



Imile.. ..Dan Patch (1905) 1:55^ 



2 miles Dan Patch (1903) 4:17 



3 miles Elastic Pointer (1909) 7:31^ 



4 miles Joe Jefferson (1891) 10:10 



Smiles Lady St. Glair (1874) 12:54% 



Stallion Dan Patch (1905) 1:55 J^ 



Mare Miss Harris M. (1917) 1:58 jj 



Gelding Frank Bogash Jr. (1914) 1:59 & 



Yearling Frank Perry (1911) 2:15 



Two-year-old .- : Direct the Work (1917) 2:06^ 



Three-year-old Anna Bradford (1914) 2:00% 



Four-year-old William (1914) 2:00 



Five-year-old William (1915) 1:58 ^ 



Under saddle George Gano (1915) 2:10% 



Team Minor Heir and George Gano (1912) . 2:02 



Stamina or endurance. Most racing, both amateur and 

 professional, is at mile heats over half-mile or mile tracks. Some 

 races are two in three, and some three in five, heats. Not until 

 some horse has succeeded in winning the necessary two or three 

 heats is the race decided. For this reason, some races extend 

 into very gruelling contests. Some horses show a wonderful 

 burst of speed for a quarter of a mile or so, and then quit. These 

 horses are said to "lack bottom/ 7 by which is meant a lack of 

 stamina or endurance. Stamina means ability to go a mile at 

 speed, and to repeat the mile, two, three, or more times, with 

 intermissions of not less than 25 minutes. To accomplish this 

 requires heart and lungs of the first order, together with a well- 

 developed muscular system. On the speedway and snowpath, 

 there is a great deal of brush racing, that is, racing over short 

 distances of varying lengths, depending on the wishes of the 

 drivers and the ease or difficulty in passing opponents. This 

 is usually not so severe as a regular racing program, provided 

 the horse has been properly conditioned and trained. Horses 

 which have more stamina than speed must depend on their 

 ability to wear down their more speedy rivals, in order to win 

 a heat or race. This they do by repeated scoring for a start, 

 or through the good fortune of having a race extended out to 

 extra heats what is termed a split-heat race. Other horses, 

 with more speed than stamina, must be driven to win from the 

 start of the race, avoiding unnecessary scoring and endeavoring 

 to win the required number of heats in short order. 



Durability. It is readily apparent that the work required 

 of the light-harness horse is of such a nature as demands the 

 best of feet and legs. This type of horse has a decided ad- 

 vantage over the carriage horse and drafter, in that he works 



