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Open Gait. A square gait; a pure gait. An open- 

 gaited trotter is one that places his hind feet outside of the 

 forward ones when in action — said to be the fastest mode of 

 locomotion a trotter can possess. 



Open Out ; Open Up. To speed or exercise a horse, 

 before a race in which he is entered, takes place. 



Open Out. A term applied to that process of fitting 

 the heels of the feet by cutting the horn between the bars of 

 the foot and the frog. 



Orders. The orders given riders, drivers or jockeys by 

 the owners of the horses they handle in a race, in regard to the 

 points of the race and what they are to do when making it. 



Oregon Wonder. The horse Linus, foaled at Marion, 

 Oregon, May 20, 1883. Clyde and French, chestnut color, 

 .16.2 hands, weight 1,450 pounds. At five years of age his tail 

 and mane began to grow, and in 1889 dragged several feet 

 upon the ground when both were braided and put in sacks. 

 From 1890 to 1892 they increased in length at the rate of 

 nearly two feet each year. He was shown at the Columbian 

 World's Fair in 1893 as one of the most wonderful horses ever 

 known in history. He died in August, 1894. 



Orloff. A breed of Russian trotting horses founded 

 by Count Alexis Orloff - Ortov - Tchesmensky, an enthusiastic 

 horseman, about 1770 or 1772. He imported a gray stallion 

 from Arabia named Smetanska, which was bred to a Danish 

 mare, the produce being a horse known as Palkan I ; and from 

 a union of this half-blood with a Dutch mare sprang a stallion 

 known as Barss I. All the modern trotters of Russia trace 

 their leinage back to him and to daughters of Smetanska out 

 of English and Arabian mares. It took thirty years to estab- 

 lish the Orloff as a distinct type. Their trotting performance 

 is remarkable, and their size is equal to their speed. A monu- 

 ment was erected to Count Orloff in 1876. 



Ormonde. A noted English race horse, bred by the 

 Duke of Westminster at Eaton Hall, near Chester, England. 

 Foaled in 1883. In color a rich, solid bay; 16.1 hands high. 

 By Bend Or, (son of Doncaster and Rouge Rose, by Thor- 

 manby), dam, Lily Agnes by Macaroni; second dam, Polly 

 Agnes by The Cure; third dam. Miss Agnes by Birdcatcher. 

 Ormonde has a shoulder, arm and muscle that are of the 

 grandest proportions ; a plain, sensible head ; short back ; large, 

 powerful stifles,' and grand legs. He is the sire of Orme, one 

 of the most remarkable horses that ever appeared on the 

 English turf, and of itself alone, honor enough for a world's 

 horse. He was sold in 1886 for 2,000 guineas; in 1889 he 



