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essentially graceful, action, smoothness of finish and symmetry of con- 

 formatiun. tjuch mares cross well with ihe taoroughbrcd, the trotter of 

 like type, the Frencli and German coach horse and the English Hackney. 

 The pacing gait is somewhat accidental, but breeding in line may be 

 expected to insure pacing conformation. 



THE SADDLER. 



The business of raising and training saddle horses long has been given 

 careful attention in Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and the southern 

 portions of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois and, to a less degree, of late years, 

 In many other parts of the country. The work has been eminently suc- 

 cessful and a distinct, prepotent, fairly perfect breed of saddlers has 



CELEBRATED KENTUCKY SADDLER REX MCDONALD. 

 Photo from Sanders Pub Co. 



been created. American "gaited horses" are most popular throughout 

 the country and their schooling has been brought to a high plane of 

 perfection. Of recent years the "walk, trot and canter"' saddle horse, 

 such as is popular throughout Great Britain, has come into vogue. 

 This class includes most of the hunters but many trotters have been 

 exported for use in the hunting field and have in many instances quite 

 equalled the Irish hunter in the field. In the breeding of saddlers per- 

 formers occasionally are found among various blends of blood, but for 

 assured success in production, mares of saddle horse blood or of trotting 

 blood, if of correct conformation, should be used in preference to all 

 others and should always be mated with a pure-bred, recorded saddle 

 horse. 



