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carriage horses this is not considered objectionable, be- 
cause speed is not desired so much as appearance of 
motion. 
14. Saddle gaits—It is customary to recognize two 
types of saddle horses—one known as the walk, trot and 
canter horses; and gaited saddle horses, which can exe- 
cute five gaits. In addition to the walk, trot and canter, 
gaited saddle horses must go the rack and either the run- 
ning walk, fox trot or slow pace. The running walk is 
WHEN A Horse GALLOPS 
It will be observed that the horse leaves the ground from a forefoot and on com- 
pleting the leap reaches the ground with the opposite hind foot. 
the most distinctive of the last three. It lies between 
the trot and the walk. It isa slow gait. The rack, some- 
times called single foot, is a modified pace. Its execution 
lies between the pace and the walk. It is a fast gait. In- 
stead of having two beats, as in the case of the pace, it 
has four, as in the case of the walk. Instead, however, of 
these four beats being equally divided, they are unequally 
associated. Thus, if one hears a single-footer passing 
along the pavement, it will sound something like this— 
peck-a-peck, half-a-peck; peck-a-peck, half-a-peck—re- 
peated rapidly. 
15. Muscles.—Deep, broad horses with bodies close to 
the ground are powerful horses. Tall, slender ones are 
