THE STANDARDBRED HORSE 127 



a mare. Dan Patch, LSSj^, the champion pacing horse, 

 was purchased for $60,000 by Savage, who has since 

 refused $180,000 for him. 



Description of the Standardbred horse. — There are 

 many pronounced types among Standardbred horses. 

 Perhaps no breed of horses has been produced under 

 more variable conditions, and certainly no recognized 

 breed contains a greater variation in size, color and char- 

 acter than does this light harness breed. Good examples 

 of the two extremes are Lou Dillon and S\yeet Marie; 

 the former a speed marvel, slim and graceful, with a high 

 nervous organization, the latter, a great campaigner, 

 stronger framed, fuller muscled, of larger size, and of 

 remarkable strength and endurance. 



The head should be of medium size, clean cut affd 

 carried high. The neck should be of medium length, 

 muscular and graceful, with a noticeable crest in the 

 stallion. The shoulders should be long and sloping, 

 withers refined and chest low. The back should be fairly 

 level, short and strong, while the underline should be 

 long. The loin and croup should be strong and well 

 muscled, but graceful, with the tail well attached and 

 carried high. The quarters should be long and muscular. 

 The legs above the knees and hocks should be long, lean 

 and muscular, thus giving length from withers to knees, 

 and from hips to hocks. The knees and hocks should be 

 strongly supported and clean cut. The cannons should 

 be short and clean, with tendons well detached, thus 

 giving depth. The pasterns should be clean and slope 

 nicely, while the feet, both fore and hind, should be even 

 in size, moderately large, and of healthy, oily color. The 

 Standardbred horse has a strong, quick and long stride, 

 with clean knee and hock action and trots to better ad- 

 vantage than any other breed. 



There is much discussion as to the correct conforma- 

 tion for a pacer, as many of the most famous pacers show 

 a steepness of the croup and curving of hocks, which 



