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say about twenty yards in each quarter, so that you will land safely 

 inside the distance flag after going an easy, evenly rated mile well 

 within your liorse's capacity at every stride.— Training the Trotting 

 Horse, Charles Marvin. 



Savetl Him". A term used to denote the act of saving a 

 horse from breaking, in a heat. Before breaking, most horses 

 give some indication to the driver, either by a pull on the bit, 

 an error in gait, or by some other motion that they are to 

 break their gait ; and the driver, by understanding his horse, 

 can usually tell what these signs mean, and can often, by 

 instantly taking advantage of them, save the horse from a 

 break. Hence it is a common thing to hear a driver say: 

 " He wobbled, but I saved him." 



Scalp ; Scalping". The act of cutting the coronary band 

 or quarters, when the horse is at extended speed; although 

 some horses scalp w^hen at a slow gait. Generally due to faulty 

 conformation, but inay be remedied in many cases by proper 

 shoeing. 



Scalpers ; Scalping Boots. Light toe-boots, made of 

 thin leather and padded, worn only on the hind feet. They 

 are especially needed for use on a half-mile track, to prevent 

 scalping or cutting of the coronary band, when the horse is on 

 the sharp curves. 



Scalping a Track. The act of taking a thin shaving 

 off from the surface of the track, either for the purpose of even- 

 ing its face, or for removing a slight layer of sand and replac- 

 ing with loam or clay, or vice versa. This scalping is done 

 with a track planer. 



Scapula. The shoulder-blade, or bladebone. In the 

 horse there is practically but one action at the shoulder joint — 

 a fore-and-aft hinge motion. The scapula and the leg attached 

 to it are not in any way joined to the rest of the skeleton by 

 bone, but only by the muscles which pass from one to the 

 other. The trunk is, in fact, only slung between the two 

 shoulder bones. 



Scars upon the horse from wounds or sores, and all 

 unsightly enlargements, from whatever cause, not affecting the 

 soundness of the animal, are blemishes. 



School for Trainers, Jockeys and Drivers. It 

 has been the hope of many gentlemen interested in turf inat- 

 ters, and who desire to see the business raised to a more intel- 

 ligent level based upon special education, and knowing that 

 drivers and jockeys come up from stable boys, who, in most 

 cases, have but deficient education ; to see established in this 

 country a school for the education and fitting of young men 



