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Single - footing. An irregular pace of a horse in 

 motion ; the single-footed rack ; a strictly lateral gait. The 

 full revolution is this : The hind foot, on the right side, strikes 

 the ground a little before the fore foot strikes it, then with the 

 legs of the left side making the same movements, there are 

 four strokes in the revolution. 



The single-foot is an irregular pace, rather rare, and distinguished by 

 the posterior extremities moving in the order of the fast walk, and 

 the anterior ones in that of a slow trot, Tliese mixed paces are 

 quite compatible, as they are of the same kind and move in the 

 some diagonal order. — Tiie Horse in Motion, J. D. B. St illman. 

 The single-foot is intermediate between a trot and a pace; or in other 

 words is such an exaggeration of the fox-trot as to bring it half way 

 to the rack ; or vice versa. Each foot appears to move independently 

 of association witli either of the others, and the same interval of 

 time elapses between each footfall. It is a fast gait, generally not 

 less than ten miles an hour, Avhieh can be increased to a three- 

 minute gait. It affords the smoothest seat of all the gaits, because 

 that portion of the animal which supports the saddle apparently 

 glides evenly forward, while each quarter, moving separately, 

 causes none of that bounding or jolting that accompanies the trot 

 or pace.— Randall's Horse Register. 



Sir Archy. One of the best bred horses ever produced 

 in England or America. Bred by Col. John Tayloe, Mt. Aery, 

 Virginia. Foaled in 1805. By imported Diomed, by Florizel, 

 one of the best sons of old King Herod ; dam, Castianira, by 

 Rockingham, son of Highflyer, by Herod. Sir Archy, although 

 bred in Virginia, was from imported English sources on both 

 sides — Diomed was one of the best racers on the English turf, 

 and unquestionably the finest formed horse ever imported into 

 this country; Castianira, his dam, was imported when three 

 years old, by Colonel Tayloe, in 1799, and ran successfully in 

 Virginia. Sir Archy was a blood bay 16 hands high, his shoul- 

 ders were unexceptional, very deep in his girth, back short and 

 strong, arms and thighs long and muscular, and bone large. 

 He was possessed of both speed and bottom, and was not only 

 distinguished on the running turf, but also famous as a pro- 

 ducer of great horses. He died June 7, 1833, "meriting," 

 says Mr. S. D. Bruce, " the sobriquet of the Godolphin Arabian 

 of America." 



Sit Down in Front. A term describing the act of 

 stopping or pulling in front of a contending horse, for the evi- 

 dent purpose of impeding him, or to help, or aid another horse 

 in the race. An offense punishable by fine, suspension or 

 expulsion. 



Sitfasts; Horny Sloug'hs. Pieces of dead tissue, or 

 small tumors, otherwise known as wartles, generally caused by 

 saddle-galls, or by irritating masses of sweat, hair, and dirt 

 under the saddle, which would be thrown off but from the fact 

 that they are firmly connected with the fibers of the skin 



