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india-rubber is stretched, every cut continually widens, and the 

 tire is speedily destroyed. Tires made on a directly opposite 

 plan will endure for an unlimited period; that is, a thick, 

 hollow tube of india-rubber shrunk on an iron core shorter 

 than the rubber, and coiled round a wheel grooved to receive 

 it This kind of india-rubber has been used for many years 

 on two carriages, by Mr. llansome, the agricultural implement 

 maker, of li)swich." 



Kuck, To Come in With the. To come in with the 

 ruck, is to arrive at the winning post among the unplaced 

 horses. 



I once knew a chappie not famed for his luck, 



Who to punting was muciily addicted; 

 But tlie liorses he backed, to a place " in the ruck 

 Were, with scarce au exception, restricted. 



' — Bird o' Ireedom. 



Rudder and Compass. [Eq.] In horseback riding, 

 the head and neck of the horse are said to be at once the rud- 

 der and compass of the rider. 



Rules. When an appeal to the rules is made, or the 

 rules are referred to, it means, for the trotting turf to the rtiles 

 of the National or American associations; for the running 

 turf to those of the American Turf Congress. 



Rule of the Track. In all driving on the track, or 

 course, the rule is to turn to the left in meeting, not to the 

 right, as in driving on the highway. See Law of the Track. 



Ruled Out; Ruled Off. A term used to imply a 

 punishment to an offending horse, rider or driver. Horses 

 may be ruled out for interfering with other horses or failing 

 to keep positions, and an offending horse may be ruled out in 

 case of collisions or break-downs, for which he is responsible. 

 A horse ruled out for fraud retains his record, or bar. Drivers 

 and riders may be ruled out for improper, corrupt or fraudti- 

 lent practices. In the summary of a race the letters "R. O.," 

 following the name of a horse at any given heat, mean that 

 such horse was ruled out of the race on that heat. 



Rumbling-. A low, rattling, rumbling sound of the 

 bowels, technically called borhorijgmus. It is an unpleasant 

 fault in a horse, not an unsoundness. 



Run. The leaping, or springing gait of a horse; an 

 acceleration, or quickening of the action of the gallop, with 

 two, three, or all the feet off the ground at the same instant 

 during the stride ; a race, as " the horses were matched for a 

 run at Morris Park." 



Tlie run is the perfect gait of the horse, for it is that which displays 

 most perfectly the play of all liis locomotive organs, and by which 



