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gravity, and to minimize wind resistance ; deep to secure 

 the heart, lung and digestive capacity which his perform- 

 ance necessitates, and yet which cannot be had by width. 



134. Conformation of the speed horse. — The special 

 features of speed conformation are enumerated in differen- 

 tiating trotters, pacers and runners. (Paragraph 137.) 



135. Quality in the speed horse. — Quality in the 

 speed type is not only indicative of the structure's capacity 

 to withstand wear and tear, but insures durability with 

 least weight and bulk. 



136. Temperament of the speed horse. — A nervous 

 temperament is requisite to speed performance afford- 

 ing the nerve force and courage that is required to control 

 and sustain the performance of which the speed horse is 

 mechanically capable. 



137. Way of going of the speed horse. — Horses of 

 the speed type may be either trotters, pacers or runners. 



Trotters and pacers, both going two beat gaits in harness, 

 have much in common to distinguish them from runners, 

 which attain speed under saddle at an altogether different 

 gait, yet in some features, trotters and pacers them- 

 selves are quite different. As a group they are distin- 

 guished from the runner by a greater proportionate length 

 of forearm and lower thigh, a different set to the hind leg, 

 there being a greater tendency to a downward and 

 forward deviation in trotters and pacers and less develop- 

 ment of the forehand. Of the two, the pacer has greater 

 length of leg in proportion to the body, a longer, steeper 

 croup and more bent hocks. The runner is characterized 

 by greater development of the forehand, a much straighter 

 hind leg with less proportionate length from the hip joint 

 to the hock, a somewhat thicker stifle and a way of standing 

 easy on his front legs. 



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