26 DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN HORSE 



interval between each of the footfalls. In the fox trot the fore foot 

 touches the ground slightly in advance of its opposite hind foot ; 

 and it is, like the fast walk or slow pace, an all-day gait of six or 

 seven miles an hour. 



In the running walk the hind foot strikes the ground slightly 

 quicker than its opposite fore foot. In it the head is carried higher 

 and the rein tighter than in the fox trot or rack. The single-foot 

 and running walk are fast elegant gaits and capable of ten miles an 

 hour up to a mile in three minutes. 



In the rack or slow pace the hind foot strikes the ground an 

 instant before the fore foot. Here then is an assortment of eight 

 gaits, five of which, including the pace and single-foot, are required 

 for admission to the breed. 



Of the conformation of these horses little more need be said. 

 They are in a sense between the Tlioroughbred and the trotter. 

 They ought to be of \5/4 to 1 6% hands in height and of a de- 

 sirable color, and up to weight for carrying a two-hundred pound 

 man,*but gaits and manners are the prime essentials of the breed. 



An Apt Trade Mark 



To select a trade mark for our new possession, " Bickmore's 

 Gall Cure," was a puzzling task for us in 1 892, when we com- 

 menced business. The ointment had shown itself to be good and 

 we were anxious the packages should have some distinguishing 

 feature that would enable them to be recognized at sight by any 

 and every one, whether ignorant or informed. A happy thought 

 came to us : Use Doctor's picture and have it taken when he was 

 in action drawing a load. How simple, yet how plainly it would 

 illustrate the then unheard-of fact that a gall could be cured by using 

 our salve while the horse was worked. This we did and our old 



** ^ickmore's Gall Cure is a very excelleni article for Wounds or sores on 

 animals. Have found it a very good salve for wounds on humans. 



Martin Esser, 'Pose^ville, Ind." 



