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start from a wire stretched across the track from the judges' 

 stand, and linish at the same point. In another sense a regu- 

 lation track has come to mean a track in membership with the 

 National or American Trotting Associations, as distinguished 

 from a free track, or one not in membership with either 

 association. 



Keins. That part of the harness consisting of leading- 

 lines or straps, passing through the Ds on the gig-saddle, and 

 fastened to the bit on each side, by which the horse is guided. 



Reiu-back. The act of moving a horse backward by 

 the reins. 



Rein-liolder. A clasp or clip on the dashboard of a 

 carriage by which to hold the reins after the driver has 

 alighted. 



Rein-holders. Devices in the form of adjustable metal 

 buttons or clamps, to prevent the slipping of the rein in the 

 hand, thus enabling the driver to obtain a better hold upon 

 the reins in controlling the horse. 



Rein-hook ; Water-hook. A hook on the gig-saddle 

 or jack-saddle of a harness for the purpose of securing the 

 check or bearing rein in place. 



Reiiisman. A person skilled in managing horses; an 

 expert driver. 



Reinforced Girth. A saddle girth having a double 

 thickness or backing of strong leather is called a "reinforced 

 girth." Long before the use of the bike sulky, John Splan 

 wrote : " Be sure and have a good, strong saddle and an extra 

 wide, soft girth, as there is where most of the strain comes on 

 a track harness." This is even more true with the pneumatic 

 sulky than before, and the need of reinforced girths is conse- 

 quently greater. 



Reinstatement. The act of restoring one to a position 

 from which he has been removed. All persons who may have 

 been suspended by the judges of a race from any cause, have 

 the right of appeal from such decisions or rulings, which 

 appeal, with a statement of all the facts in the case, goes to the 

 Board of Review or Board of Appeals of the governing associa- 

 tion, where it is carefully considered, and in many cases the 

 horse, party, or track suspended, is again reinstated to full 

 privileges. 



Repeat. To give a horse an additional exercise of a 

 mile, after he has already been driven one mile ; as " a mile 

 and repeat." 



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