小布朗朱格(Little
Brown Jug)輕駕車賽馬
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您曾看過賽馬嗎？那有看過輕駕車賽馬嗎？輕駕車賽馬是由馬拉著一輛輕型、稱為sulky的兩輪馬車進行比賽。輕駕車賽馬源自舊時光，當時的人會在縣道或城市街道上，騎馬或搭乘雙輪型輕便馬車互相競速。
基本上，賽馬活動主要分為兩種：一種是輕駕車賽馬，另一種則是由跨鞍賽馬。而參加輕駕車賽馬的馬兒也分為兩種：一種稱為「溜蹄馬」，步行時，位於身軀同側的雙腿會同時動作；另一種稱為「快步馬」，奔跑時，先以左前足和右後腿同時開跑，再以右前足和左後腿跟上。因為有兩種參賽馬，所以輕駕車賽馬也分為兩種類別：快步或溜蹄。
假如您想要參觀溜蹄馬競賽，那麼您一定要前往俄亥俄州的德拉威(Delaware)，一曙當地的小布朗朱格(Little
Brown Jug)輕駕車賽馬，它於每年勞工節過後的第三個星期四舉辦。小布朗朱格是一個專為三歲溜蹄馬所舉辦的競賽項目，1946年首次舉辦。當時的快步馬較受大眾歡迎，但兩個住在市內的男士則較為喜歡溜蹄馬，所以他們就成立了小布朗朱格協會，然後開始策劃此一競賽。
Have you ever seen a horse race? How about a harness race? A harness race is one in which a horse pulls a light, two-wheeled vehicle called a sulky. Harness racing developed from the old days when horses and buggies raced each other on country roads or city streets.
Basically, there are two major types of horse racing -- riding a horse with a saddle and harness racing. There are two types of horses that compete in harness racing: one is the pacing horse, which moves both legs on one side of its body at the same time, and the other is the trotting horse, whose left front and right rear leg move forward at the same time, then right front and left rear leg move together. Because there are two types of horses, there are two kinds of harness racing: trotting or pacing.
If you want to see a horse pacing race go to Delaware, Ohio, for the Little Brown Jug Harness Race, which takes place every year on the third Thursday after Labor Day. The Little Brown Jug is a race for three-year-old pacing horses. The first race was held in 1946. Back then, trotting horses were more popular, but two men in the city liked pacing horses, so they formed the Little Brown Jug Society and organized the race.
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