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scoring down at a trot ; while the pacing champion^ Dan Patch, 

 jogged back at the trotting gait. 



While the two gaits often result from the same breeding, they 

 have not the same general utility. A pair of pacing coachers 

 would look ridiculous. Pacers are not as desirable roadsters. 

 Their conformation is not so pleasing, their carriage is lower, their 



DAN PATCH. CHAMPION PACER 



quarters generally less well turned. For the saddle the true pace 

 is not so easy or elegant as the amble or the rack. 



It is chiefly as racers that pacing horses are in demand. The 

 pacing gait is from two to four seconds faster than the trot. Train- 

 ers of pacing horses have very commonly put hopples upon their 



" Our stable boss informs "s that the Qall Cure is giving good satisfaction. 

 Caledonian Coal Co., Gallup, ^. J^. " 



