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Made to Rule. A term referring to the legitimacy of 

 records, indicating that they must conform to the rules of the 

 associations, or they will not be received for registry. 



Maiden. By the rules of the Turf Congress a maiden 

 horse is one that has never won a race in any country. The 

 English rules define maiden as a horse which has never won a 

 public race ; therefore the winning of one or more matches 

 does not disqualify a horse from being entered as a maiden for 

 subsequent events. The term is not used on the trotting turf, 

 the equivalent being "green horse," or a horse that has never 

 trotted or paced for premiums or money, or against time, 

 either double or single. 



Maiden Stakes. The money contested for in a race 

 between young horses that have never run before. It is a term 

 exclusively used in connection with the racing turf. 



Making" a Mouth. A term used by trainers in accus- 

 toming the young colt they are handling, to the bit. The term, 

 " My colt has no mouth yet," means that he has not been suffi- 

 ciently trained to the bit. 



Making the Pace. The leading horse in a heat or 

 race is said to make the pace for all the contending horses 

 engaged ; hence, at his highest speed, the horse is said to be 

 "making the pace." 



Making the Running". Where a rider urges his horse 



from start to finish, or in other words forces the pace, he is 



said to be " making the running." 



The jockey should never make his own rtinning except when he is on a 

 horse that frets or goes unkindly when there is anything in front of 

 liim, or when he cannot get any otlier rider to force the pace fast 

 enough. It may be good policy, when the ground is heavy, for a 

 light weight to make the running, as weight tells far more through 

 "dirt," tlian when the horses can hear their feet rattle. — Riding, 

 M. Horace Hayes, M. R. C. V. S. 



Mallenders. Xormal structures, or patches on which 

 no hair grows, existing at birth and equally developed in both 

 sexes, upon the inner surface of the fore limb, but nearer the 

 hinder than the front border ; and constituting one of the char- 

 acteristic distinctions by which the species Equus caballus, is 

 separated from the other member of the genus. On the fore 

 limb the mallenders are placed upon the inner surface above 



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