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THE STOCK OWNER S ADVISER. 



the left liind foot; fourth, without support; fifth, the left fore 

 foot; sixth, the right hind and left fore feet; seventh, the right 

 hind foot; eighth, without support. The time during which one 

 foot alone is on the ground is very brief. 



RACK. 



The rack is a method of progressive motion by a quadruped in 

 which two lateral feet are, with nearly synchronous movement, 

 placed upon and lifted from the ground, alternating with the 

 other laterals, the body of the animal being in the intervals en- 

 tirely without support. Sometimes it is called the pace. With 

 some animals the rack is an hereditary movement; with others 

 it is acquired. A trained horse can make faster time by racking 

 than by trotting. The rack differs from the trot in the nearly 

 synchronous action of the laterals, instead of the diagonals. 



It is a very easy matter to teach the horse to pace or rack. A 

 strap attached to the stirrup and to the mouth will enable the 

 rider to throw the horse into a pace with the greatest ease. An- 

 other good method is as follows: Take nine or ten pounds of 

 lead, divide in four parts equal to three and three-quarter inches 

 by four and a half in size; make two holes in each end of these 

 leads, then fasten two of them together and have them padded. 

 Then fasten them on the horse's legs, one on each hind leg just 

 above the ankle joint. Ride your horse briskly with these 

 weights upon his ankle, at the same time pulling each rein of 

 the bridle alternately. By this means you immediately throw 

 him into a pace. After training in this way to some extent, 

 change the leaden weights to something lighter — leather pad- 

 dings, or something equivalent. Let him wear these plates until 

 he is perfectly trained. By adopting this plan you may speedily 

 make a smooth and easy pacer of any horse. 



AMBLE. 



This method of progression is the same as the walk in its foot 

 fallings, except that a hind foot or a fore foot is lifted from the 



