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Drive Him Over Himself. To force a horse off his 

 gait. 



Driver. One who drives a race in a sulky, in distinction 

 from one who rides a race in the saddle. 



Driving" Bit. The watering bit. An ordinary bridoon 

 with rings, used with cart, car, truck, wagon, plow ; and cavalry 

 regulation bit. A bit, mild and harmless in general application. 



Driving' Rein. A rein in which the hand part consists 

 of two strips or pieces instead of one ; between wdiich leather 

 hand-loops are stitched at convenient distances apart ranging 

 from six to ten inches, to meet the requirements of different 

 kinds of service. 



Dr'n. In a summary of the race, these letters mean that 

 the horse against which uame they are placed, was drawn from 

 the race in the heat in which they appear. 



Dropped Heat. Practically the same as a heat laid 

 up, with this difference : The rules allow a heat to be laid up 

 by permission of the judges upon having it announced from 

 the stand, while a heat is often dropped to favor a fraud and 

 not known to any but the parties interested. Thus a horse 

 may ask j)ermission to lay up a heat in order that he may be 

 able to win the deciding heat of a hard race, while a horse able 

 to win in straight heats may drop one to some other horse in 

 order to insure him second money. 



Dropping Anclior. [Eng.] Keeping back a horse in a 

 race, or voluntarily losing it. 



On the other liand, on remarking upon the mild way of riding, the 

 visitor will, probably, be met witli tlie retort, tliat if the jockeys did 

 not tlog their animals nnniercifully, they would be accused of wliat 

 is here termed in racing slang, "dropping the anchor." — Sporting 

 Times. 



No trainer of experience will attempt to deny the impossibility of 

 detecting by ocular observation, whetJier the jockey whom lie 

 employs "drops anchor" or does his best to win a race.— The Bad- 

 minton Library: Racing. The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, and 

 \y. G. Craven. 



Dropping Behind. Knuckling or dropping behind 

 with the pastern joint or joints, is caused by what is known as 

 chinked or broken back ; and is in all cases an unsoundness. 



Dropsy. A distended, bulky stomach is too often an 

 indication of dropsy, in which case the horse is unsound. 



Ds. Small, semi-circular metal hoops which are attached 

 by chafes, (short leather straps), to the front or back of the 

 saddle for strapping on a coat, small case, or other personal 

 effects. 



Dumb Jockey. A device made of whalebone, gutta- 

 percha, leather and rubber springs used in bitting and training 



