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on to the extreme outside horse. The second horse trots forty- 

 four feet further in trotting the mile tlian tlie pole horse ; the third 

 horse, eighty-eiglit ieet; the fourth Ju)rse, one hundred and thirty- 

 two feet; the fifth horse, one hundred and seventy-six feet, and a 

 horse forty teet from the pole trots two hundred and fifty-one feet 

 over tlie mile. 



Score Board. The sign-board in front of the judges' 

 stand upon which the positions of the horses and time made, 

 is hung out by the judges at the close of each heat. In the 



DIAGRAM OF SCORE BOARD. 



accompanying diagram representing the first heat of a race, 

 there were seven starters represented by the letters A to G, 

 attached to the arm of each driver, respectively. In this heat 

 the horse D came in first ; the horse B came in second, and so 

 on, as indicated. 



Score Card. A printed card having upon it the names 

 of the horses entered in each class, at a race meeting, with 

 blanks for the purpose of recording the time made in each 

 heat. 



Scratch. A scrub race; a race without conditions", 

 often put in to fill up the time, on a free track, where a class 

 did not fill ; a scurry. 



Scratch. To scratch ; to strike a horse's name out of the 

 list of runners in a particular race. The rules of the Turf 

 Congress provide that if any person offers or receives any 

 amount of money for scratching an entry in purse or stake, 

 the person so offending shall be ruled off the course. 



Scratches. Grease ; a disease of the heels of the horse, 

 and until cured, an unsoundness. See Grease. 



Screw. A common stable term for a used-up horse, or 

 one having an ill-shaped or unsound foot ; a plug. 



Seat. That part of the riding saddle on which the rider 

 sits. 



Seat. [Eq.] The principles of a correct seat in eques- 

 trianism are, that the flat thigh should grip the saddle with 

 the lower leg free to give impulse, direction and control to the 

 horse ; the body erect and moving in instinctive harmony with 

 the horse's motion, and the hands entirely independent of the 

 body. 



