The Slow Gaits 



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The fox trot. — This gait is simply a slow, rather 

 loosely jointed trot. Some one has fittingly described 

 it as a ''dog trot." The action is somewhat similar 

 to the trot described above except that it is much 



Fig. 40. — Fox-trot. 



slower, and the beats are often separated. This is 

 also called a slow gait (Fig. 40). 



The slow pace. — While similar to the pace of the 

 harness horse, this gait differs in that both feet on 

 the same side of the body do not strike the ground at 

 the same time. There is just enough break in the 

 impact to introduce a short interval, thus making 

 it a four beat gait similar in this respect to the 

 running walk and fox trot. It is a slow gait. 



