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the same weight, would nin a mile and a half and come in abreast, 

 it is said tliat tlie form of one is equal to that of the otlier. — Tlie 

 Horse in the Stable and Field, J. H, Walsh. 



Foul. The act cxf violating any rule or established usage ; 

 irregular or disorderly conduct ; the act of fouling, colliding, or 

 otherwise impeding one's motion or progress in a race ; improper 

 riding or driving. The trotting rules punish all offenses com- 

 ing under the head of fouls, by fine, suspension, or expulsion ; 

 fouls applying to any act of a fraudulent natm-e, and to any 

 unprincipled conduct such as tends to debase the character of 

 the turf in the estimation of the public. Judges only notice or 

 consider complamts of fouls which are reported by the distance 

 flagman and patrol judges, and from owners, riders, or drivers 

 in a race. By the rules of the Turf Congress persons guilty 

 of foul riding are ruled off the course. 



Foul Kicliug; Foul Driving". Any act on the part 

 of driver or rider in a race which interferes with, or impedes 

 the progress of another horse, causing him to change his com^se 

 or shorten his stride, w^hen by so doing an unfair advantage is 

 gained. In such cases the offending horse is not given the heat, 

 but is placed behind all the unoffending horses in the heat. 

 Such acts are punishable by fine, suspension, or expulsion, 

 according to the discretion of the judges. By the laws of the 

 Turf Congress expulsion from riding for life is always the pun- 

 ishment for preventing a horse from winning in steeple chase 

 and hurdle races, or in a clear case of fraud. 



Founder ; Chest Founder. See Laminitis. 



Four-in-Hand. A team of four horses matched or 

 harnessed for the pm'pose of being driven to a single vehicle. 

 At Cleveland, Ohio, in September, 1882, the four-in-hand of 

 Mr. W. J. Gordon trotted a mile in 2:26, and then repeated it 

 in 2:28. This is probably the most remarkable performance of 

 the kind that was ever made in the world. 



Fox-trot. The gait of a horse which is a modification 

 of the true trot. While it is not a true diagonal motion it 

 departs from it simply in the fact that the fore foot touches the 

 gTound slightly in advance of the diagonal hind foot. It is, 

 perhaps, the slowest of the distinctive or artificial saddle gaits, 

 but it is above all others an all-day gait, and a horse possessing 

 it to perfection wdll no doubt make a longer journey from sun- 

 rise to sunset, under saddle, than at any other gait, and at night 

 neither horse nor rider will be seriously tired. The rate of 

 speed is from six to seven miles an hour. The horse when 

 going at this gait should always be ridden with a loose rein, 

 as he generally carries his head low. [Local : Kentucky ; 

 Tennessee. 



