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jLappecl. It is said of horses in a finish, when so close 



to each other that only a length separates some of them, and 



when others are so near their opponents as to have their heads 



over the other's hacks, that they are "lapped." 



They all finished hipped on e:ieh otlier.— Life witli the Trotters, John 

 Sphin. 



Lapped Track. A short track. Time made on a 

 lapped track is accepted, pi'ovided it is lapped a sufficient dis- 

 tance to make the horse trot a full mile three feet from the 

 pole. 



Lateral Cartilages. Tissues attached to each side of 

 the wings of the coffin bone, whose function is to assist the 

 frog and its connected structures to regain their normal posi- 

 tion, after having been displaced by the weight of the body 

 while the foot rested on the ground. 



Lateral Gait. The pace. The pacer, like the trotter, 

 moves two feet in the same direction simultaneously, then 

 alternates with the other two ; but in place of the fore leg and 

 the hind leg of opposite sides, he moves in unison the fore and 

 hind leg of one side, then the fore and hind leg of the other 

 side. Hence the pace is called the " lateral gait." 



Lateral Strain ; Lateral Stress. A stress at right 

 angles to the strain which produces it, or at right angles to a 

 line of motion, or strain ; the sidewise strain which comes 

 upon a sulky wheel in going around the curves of a track. 



Lavender. [Eng.] "In lavender" is said of a man or 

 a horse to denote that he is ill ; unfit ; out of condition. 



Law. The racing, or speeding, of horses is not illegal, 

 or against public policy. This is evident from the fact that 

 State legislatures expressly authorize it to be done by certain 

 corporate bodies. The offering of a premium, or reward, to 

 those competing in such races, when such premiums or rewards 

 are not a mere cover or disguise for betting, is not illegal. 

 The party entering a race, if a winner, may recover the pre- 

 mium, though he paid an entrance fee which went to make up 

 such premium. Where the judges of a horse race had discre- 

 tionary power to exclude a horse violating a certain rule from 

 further participation in the race, their decision allowing the 

 horse to proceed after a violation should not be set aside, 

 except upon the grounds of clear proof of fraud affecting such 

 decision. Tliese points are well established by the case. Porter 

 vs. Day, et al. [Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Wis- 

 consin, Chicago, 111., 1888; Vol. LXXI, p. 296-304.] In a 

 race over the Eau Claire Driving Park Association in Septem- 

 ber, 1885, trotted under National Rules, Porter entered a horse, 



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