Mary Allen
'Ōlelo Hoʻomaka: He aha nā Lio Racking?
He ʻano lio ʻokoʻa nā lio ʻokiʻoki i puka mai ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua ʻike ʻia lākou no ko lākou hele wāwae ʻehā a me ka wikiwiki, i kapa ʻia ʻo ka rack, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka hele wāwae akā ʻoi aku ka lohi ma mua o ka canter. Ua hoʻomohala ʻia ka pua no ko lākou hiki ke hele i kahi lōʻihi a me ka ʻoluʻolu, e kaulana ai lākou no ka lawe ʻana a me ka hana i ka wā ma mua. Eia naʻe, i ka wā lōʻihi, ua ulu lākou i mea kaulana i ke apo hōʻike, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā mokuʻāina hema.
Ka hoomaopopo ana i ka Racking Gait
ʻO ka hele ʻana o ka racking he ala wikiwiki, maʻemaʻe, a kaulike hoʻi i ʻehā-beat gait. He ʻokoʻa ia mai nā hele wāwae ʻē aʻe, e like me ka trot a i ʻole ka canter, no ka mea, pili ka lio i ka neʻe ʻana i nā wāwae ʻelua ma kekahi ʻaoʻao o kona kino i mua, a ukali ʻia e nā wāwae ma kekahi ʻaoʻao. Hoʻokumu kēia neʻe i kahi neʻe ʻaoʻao i ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi ma mua o ka trot kahiko. He ʻoluʻolu ka hele ʻana o ka racking no ka poʻe holo lio, e ʻae iā lākou e uhi wikiwiki i kahi lōʻihi me ka ʻike ʻole ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana a i ʻole ka jarring neʻe i hiki ke loaʻa i nā ala ʻē aʻe. He mea kupanaha hoʻi ia i ka nānā ʻana, e kaulana ana i ke apo hōʻike.