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all the information they wanted. On inquiring: whether she had 

 seen a race, slie replied that she could not tell M'hether it was a 

 race or not, but that she liad just seen a horse with white legs run- 

 ninii; away at a luonstroits rate, and anotlier horse a great way 

 beiiiiid, trying to run after him; but slie was sure lie never would 

 catch the wliite legged horse, if he run to the world's end."— History 

 of tlie Horse, London, 1831. 



Edg'e. A horse is said to be on edge, when he is in 

 splendid condition, and, after proper training, is eager for a 

 race. 



Elbow. A portion of the forearm ; the large bony pro- 

 jection at the upper and front portion of the forearm. 



Electioneer, 125. The great sire of trotters. Bred by- 

 Charles Backman, Stony Ford, X. Y. Foaled May 2, 1868. 

 Bay; stout, and compactly built, standing 15.2^. By Rysdyk's 

 Hambletonian ; dam. Green Mountain Maid, by Harry Clay, 

 2:29. He was never trained, but as a three-year-old trotted 

 in 2:42 with no fitting, and could trot in 2:23 or better, and for 

 an eighth of a mile any day go at a 2:20 gait. His head was 

 well proportioned, of fair size, and a model of great intelligence. 

 He had good shoulders, splendid barrel, faultless back, and, 

 says Charles Marvin, "simply the best quarters I ever saw on 

 a stallion, possessing the perfection of driving power." His 

 forearms and gaskins were heavily muscled, his joints clean and 

 sound, and his legs and feet of first-class quality. He com- 

 bined great power, elegant proportion and fine finish at every 

 point. He died at Palo Alto, California, in 1890, the property 

 of the late Leland Stanford. He stands at the head of all 

 sires of 2:10 trotting speed, and, at the close of 1893 had one 

 hundred and forty-four trotters and one pacer in the list of 

 2:30 performers. 



Electric Clironometer. A device invented by Bitter 

 Von Stockert of Vienna, Austria, which notes on regular 

 telegram slips the speed shown by each horse in a field, to one- 

 tenth of a second. It is set going as the word is given, and 

 one person alone can control it and record the speed of each 

 horse engaged in the race. 



Electrical Appliances. The American racing rules 

 punish by severe penalties the use of "drugs, electrical or 

 mechanical appliances," or other means than the Avhip and 

 spur for the purpose of stimulating the endurance or speed of 

 a horse in a race. 



Eligible. The American and Xational rules i3rovide 

 that a horse is not entitled to start in any race that has beaten 

 the time advertised prior to the closing of the entries for the 

 race in which he is nominated. A fraction is not a bar — that 

 is to say, a horse having made a record of 2:29 and a fraction, 

 is eligible to enter in the 2:30 class. 



