Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 5, 21 Kepakemapa 1893 — ABOUT TROTTING. [ARTICLE]

ABOUT TROTTING.

The fullow mg »re tbe four tno»it essential gaits i u what .s kuown as Kentncly «uuUle faorse ilie fox trot ts simplv » fication of tbetrue trot: »nd whilo h is not a true diagonal iurtii n it departs from it simpiy iu the f«rt that tbe f.*re foot touches tbo ground slightly m a«)vance <>f tho «liagou«l himl foot. It is j>er haps the slowest of the distinc ii%e or artiticiul sad«Uo gaits, bnt it is above all others an all-day r"it. aml a h. rse possessing it to |>erfection will perh«,. s make n ! o» gcr jonrm-y from sunrise t . sunset under saddlo th«n at an-. other pait. A horse ean travel seveutvtivo miles a day at this gr it, amlal night ueither horso uor rider will be seriouslv tired Fhe rate of speed is six to seven miles an hour for most horses ihe horse when going at thisgait shoul«l «lw«ys l»e riddea with r. !oose roin, ashe genen«llv carrics his head low. Tho running walk is simply a modification of t?.© trot. but tho head is carritd higher thau in the fox-tr<>t or t!ie ordinary wulk, and the liind fo«»t iak«»s tho grouud in «dv»nce of the «liagonal fore foot, whieh bre«ks the eon c*iss;ou. A closer roin is gonei ally beld here thau iu the uot. aml tbe paee is a f«ster ono aml may be carried to a ,three uiiunle gait before tho borse is toiced out of it. This is a moro showy g.,it tlian tho fox-trot, au.l .n it the 4 poise of the ln>rse is such as to give him more of a elimbing actio .in front. In tho running walk the souml of the footfal!s is uot unhke that of tho onliuan walk qaickened. and tbw feet take the groond in tho s«mo order. It mtght be descnbed as . v«riati«>n of tbe true w«lk b> imparting to it an elastic or ' i»oumhng qu:.,ity—in fact, a walk * n 11 ruu, if sucli a contradictory 1escripti»n is «dmissab!e. Trotters in harness fre«juentlv ge> •».«y at tuis gait when starte>: saddenly nnder a firm pull U j»on the bit before they settle to thtrne stroke. lae r.»ck (or side rack, as it ison etimes eallei), i s . mt»d>fiction of the tiue paee. iu whieh ne liiml f«»«»t stnkes th« groum n a«lv,«nce t>f its Ieidmg for> mot. Tius gait a lroits of » wid> ..«uge of spee.i, say from fonr ui les«u h,»ur (o faster than a ...ree minnio guit. This is n fav ■r.te 8addie gait with la<»ie.s. an«! ems better saited to the side s. th«tj .nv other. Pt>v eiuen like ;t as wel! as the fox ū - t. thoug,» tt is oftcu used as ai. ;i-d«y bus.mse g it. mi of th« t, is more n-. diiy t »ken b\ U rses that have n «turai paeiuu

t iuleney. l'he single fc<,t (or single fobte«i r.tck) c.. ;r o. i)y ciu>seil a> **itLer h tli.igonal or Utemi g »it It is exactlv u>teruuil’tite betweei. n trot uikI h p- ce, or, if voa please is socli «n »xaggemtiuu of the f.»x-tr »t as t > bring t haif-way to tli mek. •/ v,ce-Ters*t. latcl. fo t .scein?* to move iaile;«endeo(ly of nv<u iation with either «f

the others, aud tbe same interTai of time elapsesbetween eaeh foothall. Itisseld'm seen iu harness. lt is a fast gftit,generally not less than ten miles an honr whieh ean be increased to a three-njinute g.it. It n ffords the smootbest seat of all tbe gaits, becauso that portion of the animal whieh supports the saddle apparentlv glides evenly fonvard. while eaeh quarter raoving separately, causes none of that boundmg or jolting th-t accouipanies the trot or paee. — RondvJTg Harse Regi*ter.