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Repeater. A watch that, on the compression of a 

 spring, indicates the seconds and fractions of a second; a 

 watch often known as a split-second watch, by which horses 

 are timed in a race. 



Resilience. Resistance backwards ; a term denoting the 

 resistance which a horse and sulky meet in passing through 

 the air at a high speed. 



Responding". A term describing the act of the horse 



in understanding and yielding to the wishes of his rider or 



driver; more especially used in speaking of the action of a 



horse under the saddle. 



Some men inspire confidence so readily that a liorse will take hold and 

 do all he knows the first time the man drives him. For another 

 man the same horse will not irut a yard.— Hiram AVoodruff. 



Rest. It is an interesting fact that a horse never rests 



on two legs, but always on the two anterior or forward, and one 



posterior or hind leg, so that the center of gravity always falls 



within a triangle. 



The tendinous fibers or tissues, (serratus muscle), of the fore legs are 

 incapable of iatigue, hence the horse has no occasion to rest tliem, 

 and will stand in his stall all day without resting either of his 

 forelegs; while in the hind leg the labor falls upon the triceps of 

 pure muscular fiber and be will be observed to rest his hind legs 

 alternately.— The Horse in Motion, J. D. B. Slilhnan. 



Resting Break. A change of gait made quickly by a 



horse at high speed for the purpose of giving an instant of 



rest to the muscles of locomotion ; very different from that 



made by the unsteady, hard-mouthed, repeated breaker in a 



race. 



Sometimes a horse seeks relief in a break, but as to the ultimate 

 benefit of "resting breaks" I am skeptical. 1 think tlie steady 

 horse makes the mile Avilh greater ease than the one that engages 

 in the rather violent exercise of "breaking and catching." — Train- 

 ing the Trotting Horse, Charles Marvin. 



Restiveness stands at the head of all the vices of the 

 horse, for it includes many different vices and assumes forms 

 which are dangerous to rider and groom. Among the different 

 forms are pawing, or striking with the fore feet; rearing; 

 pltmging; kegging; gibbing, or backing; propping, and kick- 

 ing. Generally these various forms of restiveness are the 

 result of bad temper and worse education, and like most habits 

 founded on natttre and confirmed by education are inveterate. 



Review, Boards of. The board of review of the 

 National Trotting xVssociation is made up of one member from 

 each district of the board of apj^eals, and possesses the 

 authority and performs the office and duties which belong to 

 the board of appeals, and has jm-isdiction on such matters relat- 

 ing to the turf arising in their respective districts, " as may be 

 delegated to them by the board of appeals." Of the American 



