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Roadsters, trotters, and saddle horses are usually not so large as 

 coachers. Their necks are inclined to be longer and their chests 

 narrower than the coach horse; however, their muscles and tendons 

 are strong. 



Now, 3^ou must not think that just because a horse is drawing a 

 load, he is a draft horse; nor because a horse is hitched to a coach, 

 he is a coach horse ; nor because he is driven on the road that he is a 

 roadster. These three names, — draft horses, coach horses, roadsters, 

 — represent types or classes. They mean kinds of horses that are 

 supposed to be best adapted for drawing, or for coaches and car- 

 riages, or for 

 fast driving, if 

 the horse has 

 no other work 

 to do. But the 

 horses that you 

 usually see are 

 just mere com- 

 mon horses, of 

 no particular 

 type, and are 

 used for a great 

 variety of pur- 

 poses. You 

 would not 

 think of put- 

 ting a true 

 draft horse, 

 like the animal 

 in Fig. 3, on a 



light carriage; nor of hitching a coach horse' Hke that in Fig. 8 to a 

 coal wagon. Do you think there is any real roadster, or coach 

 horse, or draft horse in your neighborhood? If not, perhaps you 

 can tell, as the horses pass you, whether they are nearest like one 

 type or another. Try it. 



Fig. 3. — A typical draft horse. 



SOME IMPORTANT FACTS IN THE STUDY OF HORSES. 



I. P. Roberts. 



If you will observe horses closely, you will find that some are large, 

 heavy, and strong and that they are seldom made to move rapidly; 

 while others may be nearly as tall, but they are slim and carry their 

 heads high and their necks arched. You should also notice that the 



