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with better style and more finish than any Thor- 

 oughbred. Besides, he can readily be taught the 

 amble or pace, the running-walk, or fox-trot, and 

 the rack or single foot. That some do not care for 

 these gaits is not in the least a reproach upon the 

 capacity of the horse that can do them at the bid- 

 ding of the rider. Moreover, this multiplicity of 

 gaits does not in the least detract from the com- 

 plete finish of each and all. This fact has become 

 so apparent that there is a kind of hostility be- 

 tween New York and South and Western horse- 

 show standards as to what a saddle-horse shall be 

 like. A thoroughly gaited horse, trained in all the 

 paces, would look absurd in the eyes of those who 

 like such horses if he were shorn of his tail. It is 

 considered by many who care only for the three 

 gaits that a saddle-horse must have a docked 

 tail. A few years ago a man with a thoroughly 

 gaited horse could show him, long tail and all, in 

 the Southern and Western circuit, and then bring 

 him to New York and Philadelphia where he 

 would tie up the horse's tail and only exhibit the 

 walk, trot and gallop. Now, this still may be per- 

 missible; but, if not absolutely denied, it is sternly 



