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ing from following the movement of these two classes of 

 horses might be better expressed by reference to the dif- 

 ference in the feeling that one has when standing beside 

 a swift turning windmill, as compared with the effects of 

 observing the turn of a ponderous water wheel. The for- 

 mer takes advantage of every breath of wind and speeds 

 a merry clip without apparent exertion or strength; the 

 other impresses one at once with its power and in a lesser 

 degree with its combination of strength and speed. 



24. The Trotter Speed and Stamina. The leading fea- 

 ture of the action of the trotter is speed at the trotting gait, 

 but there are many others that must be companions of this 

 to result in the greatest development and the chief of these 

 is stamina or the ability to maintain the necessary gait. 

 It is generally thought that if a horse has speed he has the 

 one essential necessary to make a trotter or a good road 

 horse. Not only is speed desirable but there must be a true 

 balance of parts, that insures their protection together with 

 trueness of stride. Being true and level gaited guarantees 

 the greatest durability and that with an ambitious turn of 

 mind gives us that very desirable quality in the trotter, 

 termed "gameness" or stamina. Of all features of the trot- 

 ter's action it must be the most evident that it is not in 

 the least wasteful of energy. While that of the carriage 

 horse or high stepper must display effort, the trotter 

 should move so as to leave the least impression of this. 



Less roll to the knee, more propulsion from the stifle and 

 less motion in the hocks carries the trotter forward closer 

 to the ground and with less expenditure of force and with- 

 out the higher lifting of the knee and hock which is char- 

 asteristic of the high stepper. There is much more exten- 

 sion of the limbs in the trotter, as shown in the reach of 

 the fore leg, while the hind legs pass back farther and 

 reach farther forward than in the action of the high 



