THE PACER 



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seconds slower. Most horsemen will agree that there 

 is that amount of difference in the natural speed 

 of the two methods of locomotion. The mechanical 

 difference is that the pacer at speed strikes the ground 



By permission of L. N. Lfgendre, photographer. New York 



FIG. 12. Dan Patch, 1:56 

 Holder of the world's pacing record 



simultaneously with the fore and hind feet on 

 the same side, while the trotter puts them down 

 alternately. Instantaneous photographs of trotters 

 at speed show that no two feet are on the ground 

 at the same time. From these considerations it 

 seems clear that in the pacing movement the play 



