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A perfect all-day racker or a speedy single-footer can scarcely be aught else.

From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Dodge, Theodore Ayrault

To go a six or eight mile gait, holding a full glass of water in the hand, and not to spill a drop, is the test of perfection in the racker.

From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Dodge, Theodore Ayrault

He was what they called a "racker" those days, and a rocking-chair was not easier to ride.

From The Light in the Clearing by Bacheller, Irving

An' then, one day, he hired Hen's Red racker an' the gig; We never heard from him nor could We track the hoss or rig.

From Anthology of Massachusetts Poets by Braithwaite, William Stanley

I do not think that any horse with practically but a single gait, as is usually the case with the ambler or racker, comes up to the requisite standard of usefulness.

From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Dodge, Theodore Ayrault