GENERAL EXAMINATION 11 



The Type lacks the fullness and symmetry that are char- 

 acteristic in the carriage or coach horse. To do effective 

 and hard work on the road is the sphere of the roadster 

 and the type that has been evolved is an illustration of 

 the evolution of a form for a specific purpose. The type of 

 the best campaigners that have marks of 2:10 or better 

 will show a similarity that indicates the type towards 

 which the trotter is tending. Though it should be noted 

 here that the roadster in show form will show quite dif- 

 ferent outlines from one that has been subjected to the 

 hard training that the campaigner receives. 



To describe the roadster form in detail it may be said 

 that the head is proportioned to the rest of the body, 

 wide between the eyes and somewhat sharp at the poll. 

 The neck is slim, long and very often carried somewhat 

 straight owing to the continual use of the top check. The 

 shoulder slopes very markedly and extends well along to- 

 wards the back. The arm is short and this with the slope 

 of the shoulder makes the under line much longer than the 

 length of the back. The fore arm is long, the cannon 

 short and the pasterns with sufficient length and slope. 

 The horse appears too far from the ground in proportion 

 to its height. The back is short and strong rising some at 

 the hips and the croup is strongly muscled. Perhaps the 

 most noticeable feature of the type is the exceptional 

 length from the hip joint to the point of hock and then 

 from the point f the hock to the fetlock joint the distance 

 is short, making the hock appear as if set low. 



11. The Pacer as a Roadster. As a roadster, the pacer 

 has many claims for consideration chiefly on account of 

 the speed that characterizes this gait and the fact that it 

 is easily main maintained on smooth city roads. It is, 

 however, mainly the quickness with which full speed is 

 attained that makes the pacer so popular among the road 

 riders of our cities. The difficulty that a pacer encounters 



