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Ag'ed. In trotting and running parlance, any horse over 

 six years of age. 



Agistor, Agister. An officer of the royal forests of 

 England having the care of horses and cattle agistered, and of 

 collecting the money for the same; one who receives and 

 pastures horses and cattle for hire ; a law term used in describ- 

 ing a lien on horses. 



Aids in Riding. [Eq.] The hand and the heel are 

 denominated aids of the rider. 



Air Pump. An apparatus for the compression or trans- 

 mission of air. In the common form the air is given motion 

 by means of a cylinder and piston. With the use of the 

 pneumatic sulky the air pump has become a necessity wilh 

 every driver for inflating the rubber tires of the sulky. 



Alfalfa. The Spanish name of lucerne, Medicago sativa. 

 It is largely used in California as a forage for horses, and 

 while it does very well for brood mares and youngsters, it is 

 regarded as a washy grass and affects the kidneys of horses in 

 training most unfavorably. 



Alix. Bay mare, 15.3 hands high, white in the face and 

 one white hind ankle. Bred by Daniel Hayes, Muscatine, 

 Iowa, and foaled in 1888. By Patronage, 4148, by Pancoast, 

 1439 ; dam, Atlanta, by Attorney, 1005, second dam Flint, by 

 General Hatch, 139, third dam Dolly by a son of imported 

 Gleucoe. Holding the World's records to the close of 1893, 

 for one mile by a mare in a race, Washington Park, Chicago, 

 September 14, 1893, 2:07|; for one mile by a four year old 

 filly, Nashville, Tenn., November 5, 1892, 2:10; for fastest 

 first heat in a race, Chicago, 111., September 14, 1893, 2:07|; 

 fastest fifth heat in a race, Columbus, Ohio, August 25, 1893, 

 2:09f, and fastest ninth heat in a race, Chicago, 111., Sei3tember 

 16, 1893, 2:09f. 



All Abroad. When a horse jumps cross-legged at the 

 start, or is in some other way out of form, especially in a run- 

 ning race, so that he is a long time in recovering, and it is 

 evident the heat is lost to him at the start, he is said to be 

 " all abroad." 



Allowance. A favor granted a horse, by the rules, on 

 account of age, sex, or other condition. While penalties are 

 obligatory, allowances are optional; but if claimed, the claim 

 should be stated when the entry is made. In all heat races of 

 the Turf Congress, an allowance of five pounds is made from 

 the scale of weights ; and in all races excepting handicaps and 

 those in which the conditions are absolute, fillies and geldings 



