1 6 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



and I have no doubt it will come before the Asso- 

 ciation for determination before the next Year 

 Book is published." 



October i, 1903, I replied to President Allen : — 

 " It is true that Rule 58 makes it proper for a 

 horse to accompany a contestant against time, 

 but when it declares that this horse shall not in 

 any way be attached to said contestant, the im- 

 plied understanding is that no agent shall be 

 used to overcome natural elements. Atmos- 

 pheric pressure is one of these elements, and the 

 idea of sending a wind-breaker in advance of a 

 competitor was never contemplated by the 

 rule-makers. 



" In some parts of a race a horse may trail 

 another, and thus be materially aided by the 

 shield; but should his driver persist in these 

 tactics from start to the head of the home-stretch, 

 the judges would fail in the performance of their 

 duty if they did not admonish him. If one horse 

 is permitted to trail, why not another, until we 

 have an absurdly long line of trailers ? At the 

 head of the home-stretch each horse shall select 

 his position and swerve neither to the right nor 

 the left. Here, at least, there is no place for a 

 wind-breaker. What is called ' helping' is strictly 



