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Pacer   /pˈeɪsər/   Listen
Pacer

noun
1.
A horse used to set the pace in racing.  Synonyms: pacemaker, pacesetter.
2.
A horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together.





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"Pacer" Quotes from Famous Books



... the presence of people in whom the desire for progression was strong. So long as the Boer was left to himself he was not aware of his own tardiness. He was very much in the position of a cyclist on the track; it needed a 'pacer' to show how slowly he was travelling. The 'pacer' in this instance brought with him no commendation in the eyes of the Boer; he merely created suspicion and ill-feeling, which ...
— The Boer in Peace and War • Arthur M. Mann
... on two wheels and single harness every now and then letting us get abreast of him, and then shooting ahead like an arrow from a bow. A few trials showed us the struggle was useless: we had to deal with a regular "pacer," and—as I have elsewhere remarked—their speed is greater than that of any fair trotter, although so fatiguing that they are unable to keep it up for any great distance; but as we had already turned ...
— Lands of the Slave and the Free - Cuba, The United States, and Canada • Henry A. Murray
... way you cross the line?" criticised Dolores. "What a get-away for a fast pacer who ...
— Out of the Primitive • Robert Ames Bennet
... one of the boys, who was driving a trim-looking bay, and who had crossed the line at the ending of the course second only to the pacer that could "speed like lightning," as the boys said; "Hillow, deacon, ain't you going to shake out old shamble-heels and show us fellows what speed is, to-day?" And the merry-hearted chap, son of the principal lawyer of the place, laughed heartily ...
— How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's - And Other Stories • W. H. H. Murray
... They were two big mouse-colored grayhounds, with tails like rats and protruding ribs. They were named "Racer" and "Pacer," and were warranted by their late owner to out-distance any rabbit that ever drew breath. The girl felt that an event as important as a coursing should be the occasion of a gathering of the neighboring ranchers; but ...
— Ben Blair - The Story of a Plainsman • Will Lillibridge


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