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command, six or eight different gaits. There are sev- 

 eral fancy gaits besides, which are modifications of the 

 others, and depend upon the conformation of the horse 

 and handling of the reins by a skilled rider. The fol- 



PlG. 13. Montgomery Chief. Rhythmical motion 



lowing gaits are recognized for entry in the American 

 Saddle Horse Register: walk, trot, rack, canter, run- 

 ning walk, or fox trot, or slow pace. The walk, trot, 

 pace and canter need no description 



The fox trot is a broken trot in which the fore 

 foot touches the ground an instant in advance of the 

 diagonal hind foot. It has the slowest limits of the 



