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comparative length of the body, the greater the tendency 

 to pace. Also, as the pace entails less concussion on the 

 fore legs than the trot, many fast trotters take to pacing, 

 when they become unsound. For instance. Jay Eye See, 

 after he had gained the record of 2.10 at the trot, made a 

 record at the pace, when he became foot-sore. Some horses 

 can show great speed at either the trot or pace, as may 



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Fig. 573.— Mr. White's Star Pointer (1.59!) ; stands i^.zh high. 



be required of them, and thus they resemble certain 

 athletes who can do very fast time either walking or run- 

 ning. Generally, a pacer rocks from side to side, and 

 places his feet more nearly in a straight line than a trotter. 

 Star Pointer (Fig. 573), who held the pacing record of 1.59I-, 

 is pacing bred ; but most of the other fast pacers, such as 

 Joe Patchen and John R. Gentry (Fig. 574), are trotting 

 bred. Dan Patch made a pacing record of x.$t^, in 1903. 

 Owing to the higher value of a trotter, no owner tries 



