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  Canadian Horse History
The Canadian Horse traces its ancestry to the foundation stock brought to Acadia and New France in the 17th century.
Canadian horses found a ready market in the United States and were also shipped in great quantities to the West Indies, a fact overlooked by enthusiasts of the paso-gaited horses.
The Canadian Pacer was a horse bred from the Narragansett Pacer and the old strains of French-Canadian.
www.eidnet.org /local/cdnhorse/history.htm   (1460 words)

  
  Canadian Pacer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The bloodlines of the Canadian Pacer are not exactly known, but are thought to be descended from the Norman French Horse and a strain of pacers (possible Narragansett or an English pacer, crossed in the 1820s.
The Canadian Horse was extremely hardy and possessed much endurance, but did not have the natural pace in their gaits, so it was necessary to import the Narragansett to breed it in.
The Canadian Pacer influenced the Tennessee Walker, the American Saddlebred and the Standardbred.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_Pacer   (231 words)

  
 Canadian Horse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Canadian Horse is a breed of horse developed in Canada.
The Canadian Horse gave rise to the Canadian Pacer, which has had a profound impact on many of the gaited breeds of today.
The Canadian Horse descended from the French stock Louis XIV sent to Canada in the late 17th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_Horse   (581 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Standardbred Horse
The first harness racers on North America were the Narragansett Pacer and the Canadian Pacer.
Crosses between English Thoroughbreds and other breeds, including the Norfolk Trotter, the Hackney, the Morgan and the Canadian Pacer produced a horse that was the predecessor to the Standardbred.
Pacers' forelegs move in unison with the hind legs on the same side.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Standardbred-Horse   (963 words)

  
 Articles
This was an amalgamation of the blood of the Narragansett Pacers brought into the St. Lawrence Valley from Rhode Island and that of the pacing strains of the old French-Canadian horse.
Canadian Pacers were almost a monopoly of the habitants, who particularly valued them for racing on the ice.
Throughout Upper Canada and the states of the Old Northwest, as well as in the Indian country of the upper Mississippi Valley and of the Canadian North-West, there was in the nineteenth century a considerable intermixture of the blood of the French-Canadian horse with that of the broncho of the southwestern plains.
www.legacycanadians.com /articles/article/1395430/13906.htm   (2994 words)

  
 Cherry Creek Canadians - Canadian Horse Breed History
These horses were crossed with the Canadian and contributed to the development of new and distinctive varieties within Lower Canada, as well as to the general mongrelization of the entire Canadian horse population.
Although Canadian Horses were primarily found in eastern Canada and the United States, the breed was playing an important role in the settlement of all of Canada, including the west.
Because of the considerable outcrossing with inferior animals, the Canadian almost lost its separate identity and a general deterioration of the breed had begun to be noted throughout the continent.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Narragansett Pacer
George Washington (whose mother rode a pacer when she was a child) favored the Narragansett Pacer, and is known to have raced at least one of them.
The Narragansett Pacer was established as the aristocrat among horses in the colonies.
Although the Narragansett Pacer blood had been mixed with that of the Canadian Pacer, the gaits were still pure, and without a doubt the American Saddlebred, the Standardbred, and the Tennessee Walking Horse owe much of their existence to these noble little Rhode Island horses.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Narragansett-Pacer   (600 words)

  
 Pacer Tickets
The Pacers began play in the inaugural 1967-68 season of the American Basketball Association, which was set up as an alternative league to the National Basketball Association.
The ABA folded in 1976, and the Pacers were one of four ABA teams invited to join the NBA beginning in the 1976-1977 season (the other three were the New York Nets, Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs).
The Pacer series was the result of an experiment to see whether the possibility of using bus parts to create a train was viable.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/152/pacer-tickets.html   (1780 words)

  
 Cherry Creek Canadians - Canadian Horse Breed History
These horses were crossed with the Canadian and contributed to the development of new and distinctive varieties within Lower Canada, as well as to the general mongrelization of the entire Canadian horse population.
Although Canadian Horses were primarily found in eastern Canada and the United States, the breed was playing an important role in the settlement of all of Canada, including the west.
Because of the considerable outcrossing with inferior animals, the Canadian almost lost its separate identity and a general deterioration of the breed had begun to be noted throughout the continent.
www.cherrycreekcanadians.ca /history.htm   (5885 words)

  
 Tennessee Walking horse - The Narragansett Pacer Blood
The Narragansett Pacer was established as the aristocrat among horses in the colonies.
Under these changed conditions, the little pacer was no longer desirable or even tolerable as a harness horse, and he was supplanted by a larger and more stylish type of horse that was better suited to the particular kind of work required of him.
Although the Narragansett Pacer blood had been mixed with that of the Canadian Pacer, the gaits were still pure, and without a doubt the American Saddlebred, the Standardbred, and the Tennessee Walking Horse owe much of their existence to these noble little Rhode Island horses.
www.walkerswest.com /History/Narragansett.htm   (984 words)

  
 Canadian Pacers - The Gaited Horse Magazine
The ancestors of the Canadian Pacers came from one or more of three breeds - the old French-Canadian horse, the Narragansett, and the English Thoroughbred.
In the early 19th century, any gaited horse that came to the United States from Canada was called a Canadian Pacer.
Modern Canadians are larger, but retain the constitution, temperament, and conformation of their ancestors.
www.thegaitedhorse.com /canadian_pacers.htm   (1020 words)

  
 Pacer senior page
Pacer, who passed away peacefully in June, just days before these pages were completed, was the greatest show career Vizsla in Canadian history.
Pacers last years were spent with his friend the Doberman female to tell him when to bark, but as his owner said, she failed to tell him when to stop!
Pacer, with his record setting show career followed in the foot prints of his aunt Am/Can CH Vizsta's Jolla (sister to Myya) Canada's only 3 x Best In Show female Vizsla.
www.toldisden.com /pacersenior.htm   (374 words)

  
 Canadian Horse Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Canadian Horse traces its ancestry to the foundation stock brought to Acadia and New France in the 17th century.
Influence of the Dutch Friesian is apparent in the notable trotting ability of the Canadian, the feathered legs, abundance of mane and tail, and general appearance.
Canadians had the quality of breeding up in size as well as giving the foals their pluck, vigor and iron constitution.
www.imh.org /imh/bw/canada.html   (1778 words)

  
 Canadian pacer heads Haughton Memorial Final field at Meadowlands (phillyBurbs.com) | New Jersey News
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Ponder, a leading older pacer in Canada, is the 3-1 morning line favorite for the $700,000 William R. Haughton Memorial Final Saturday night at the Meadowlands Racetrack.
The 4-year-old won the Canadian Pacing Derby on June 25 at Mohawk Raceway outside Toronto.
McIntosh, a seven-time Canadian Trainer of the Year, was voted into the United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y., in 2002.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/104-07072005-511766.html   (289 words)

  
 Definition of Pacer
the [[Hackney]], the [[Morgan]] and the Canadian Pacer produced a horse that was the predecessor to the...
Pacers' forelegs move in unison with the hind legs on t...
As a Pacer, he was a member of the franchise's 1972-73 ABA c...
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 Canadian Horse
If allowed to get away with this tendency, they may try to be near you to the extent that they encroach upon your physical space.
A Canadian owner must be prepared to be firm and consistent with their horse's handling.
For this reason, a Canadian Horse may not be the best choice for someone who is inclined to be intimidated by horses.
www.furrycritter.com /resources/horses/Canadian_Horse.htm   (602 words)

  
 The Canadian Pacer Blood
To the North in the Canadian Provinces, French mares were crossed with English and Dutch stock, to produce what became known as the Canadian Pacer, a breed which still exists, but in very small numbers in that country.
The Canadian horses were originally hardy, swift and energetic, not at all fine but with lots of endurance and easily kept, but did not exhibit the pace in their gaits.
The most famous Canadian Pacer of them all was Tom Hal, a blue roan stallion foaled in Canada around 1806, and later taken to Kentucky.
www.walkerswest.com /History/CanadianPacer.htm   (431 words)

  
 Lexique du cheval! Breeds dictionnary- C
Canadian breed issued from Normands and Bretons horses sent from France to Canada in the late 1600.
Canadian Rustic Pony : a recent pony breed, created in Manitoba (Canada) par Peter Neifeld from modern "Tarpan" mated to Welsh ponies and Arabians, in order to increase its size and make it proper to riding.
Canadian Sporthorse : not actually a breed, Sport Horses are rather a type of horses registered on their suitability for certains disciplines such as jumping, eventing, dressage, endurance, hunting, etc.This kind of registry is developping in several countries.
www.lexiqueducheval.net /lexique_races_c_engl.html   (6458 words)

  
 Buckskins? - Authentic Campaigner Website & Forums
(The Pacer itself was said to have arisen from a mix of the Narragansett Pacer and the Canadian Horse.
However, there were several families of pacers in Canada that looked very different, so the truth may be much more complicated than this.) Little Sorrell's conformation actually resembles the Hal family of Canadian Pacers more than a Morgan or Saddlebred--high withers, straight back, straight rather than crested neck, and rather short, sloping croup.
The Canadian Pacer is now extinct, but one of its predecessors--the Canadian horse--still survives, and the blood of the Canadian Pacer still runs, albeit much diluted, in the Standardbred, the Tennessee Walker, and other American gaited breeds.
www.authentic-campaigner.com /forum/showthread.php?t=2850   (1887 words)

  
 Stanley's Pride - TWH Foundation
While the bloodlines of the Grey Johns, Copperbottoms, Slashers, Hals, Brooks and Bullett families ran thick and produced a type known as the Tennessee Pacer prior to the arrival of Allan F-1 in Middle Tennessee, it was a cross between Allan and the Tennessee Pacer that produced today's Tennessee Walking Horse.
While never developing into a distinct breed, the Tennessee Pacer was a definite "type" and produced some of the nation's outstanding race and saddle horses.
The great families which combined with the utility stock of Middle Tennessee to produce the Tennessee Pacer are the same families that laid the foundation for the Tennessee Walking Horse.
www.stanleyspride.com /twh/basics/foundation.htm   (537 words)

  
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These early sketches, which can be found at AMC Pacer: The Full Story, show a vehicle far more radical than the final production car, with a short hood forming one continuous line with the windshield.
Mederle, the Pacer was originally intended to be revolutionary in all respects, with rack and pinion steering, electronic ignition and powered by a Wankel rotary engine on a front-wheel drive platform.
See for example Jennifer Barovian's Pacer Page, which is acknowledged among Pacer fans as the centre of Pacer mania on the Web.
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The Canadian Pacer contributed greatly to the development of the American Saddlebred and many purebred French Canadian horses were entered into the early studbooks of the American Saddlebred, the Morgan, and the Standardbred.
The Canadian excels in many disciplines and can be seen in the Hunter/Jumper arena, in Endurance Riding, Dressage, Driving and many Western events as well as being the ideal family horse.
Proving to be as tough as their ancestors, two purebred Canadian Horses, Prunelle, a nine year old mare and Valentin, a three year old gelding, spent 8 weeks in the frozen Arctic when they accompanied the 1990 Polarlys Expedition to Cornwallis Island in the Northwest Territories.
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 CanadianDriver: Were they really duds?
The Gremlin was certainly not the most stylistic of automobiles, but at a time when domestic automakers were beginning to realize that buyers wanted smaller cars and were looking towards Japanese nameplates, it was a worthwhile 1970s stopgap.
The Pacer took the concept a step further, with a car that was quite advanced from a styling point of view.
I knew at least one Pacer owner in the 1970s who loved her car and thought it great value for money.
www.canadiandriver.com /articles/tw/duds.htm   (943 words)

  
 The Pacer - Canadian consul to speak on U.S. trade relations
As the manager of the investment and corporate relations program, he works directly with U.S. companies to locate and expand their operations in Canada, as well as to promote Canada as a destination for investment.
He joined the Canadian Department of Industry in 1990 and held several senior positions with Canada’s Investment Promotion Agency, Industry Canada’s Small Business Secretariat and the office of the Chief Information Officer.
Prior to joining Industry Canada, he spent six years on Parliament Hill in Ottawa as a political assistant to a member of parliament, the Minister of State for Small Business, the Minister of Agriculture, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Prime Minister of Canada.
pacer.utm.edu /2857.htm   (316 words)

  
 Martin Vierra sets the record straight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
There have been some rumours about the players selected for the tournament in which the u-19 Canadian team is currently participating in.
There are NO players on the Canadian squad who are not eligible to take part in the TCL W.I. U19 tournament as outlined by the WICB.
However all of the Canadian players meet and surpass any requirement of the tournament they are currently taking part in.
www.canadacricket.com /archives/2003/viera.htm   (206 words)

  
 amcpacer.com: Famous Pacers in Music Videos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip paired up with The Trailer Park Boys to create this video for the song "The Darkest One", featuring famed hockey commentator Don Cherry as a fried chicken delivery man driving a red early-model Pacer adorned with a chicken on the roof.
The heavier of the guys in the shot claimed that his mother had a Pacer, too.
You can catch a glimpse of the front corner of a Pacer in the parking lot at the beginning of this 1999 music video.
www.amcpacer.com /about/famous-videos.html   (565 words)

  
 Naragansett Pacer
Der letzte verbürgte Narragansett Pacer starb um 1880.
Steve Harvey, ein Experte in der Traberzucht vermutet, dass "Tom's sister" eine Rückkreuzung zum Narragansett Pacer ist, da diese in der Regel braun oder fuchsfarben, gesprenkelt mit weißen Flecken oder eben gescheckt gewesen sein sollen.
Der Narragansett Pacer ist benannt nach dem seinerzeit dort lebenden Indianerstamm, den Narragansett's und war das erste Pferd der Geschichte Amerikas, das als Reitpferd gezüchtet wurde.
www.toeltendetraber.de /body_naragansett_pacer.html   (592 words)

  
 Stock Watch Canadian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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