The exterior of the horse . onlychanges to this gait after moving at greater speed. It is seen that, in the presence of the broken trot, numerous dis-tinctions must be made relative to the qualities of the animals. Theimportant point is to determine at what rate of speed the change takesplace, so as to ascertain whether it is or is not a sign of fatigue and ex-haustion. Young horses which are little accustomed to work frequentlyrack, but training and exercise will usually cause the disaj)pearauce ofthis defect. It is, on the contrary, irremediable in those in whichexcessive labor or old age ha
The exterior of the horse . onlychanges to this gait after moving at greater speed. It is seen that, in the presence of the broken trot, numerous dis-tinctions must be made relative to the qualities of the animals. Theimportant point is to determine at what rate of speed the change takesplace, so as to ascertain whether it is or is not a sign of fatigue and ex-haustion. Young horses which are little accustomed to work frequentlyrack, but training and exercise will usually cause the disaj)pearauce ofthis defect. It is, on the contrary, irremediable in those in whichexcessive labor or old age has deteriorated the forces and exhaustedthe mechanism. The flying trot or fast trot is in most instances a broken trot, wiiich * It is impossible to formulate the general trail of rarking, because it necessarily varies withthe speed. It resembles ordinarily that of the broken trot. 524 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. the majority of horses employ either during the entire dura-tion of a race or only when nearing the
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