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and beauty in a marked degree. His action should be extremely high and 

 "trappy." Sensational prices have been paid for such horses. 



Haddlers. — These horses vary considerably in type, size and weight 

 but as a rule are from 15.1 to 15.3 hands high and from 1,000 to 1,150 

 pounds in weight. They should have great style and quality, smooth con- 

 formation, natural and thoroughly trained saddle gaits, inteligent, clean- 

 cut countenances, sloping pasterns and shoulders, moderately high and 

 narrow withers, short, strong coupled backs, strong and mascular thighs, 

 and well-carried heads and tails. The American saddle horse has been 

 highl}- developed and possesses great intelligence, quality, grace, style, 

 ease and freedom of motion with breed prepotency to reproc'uce these 

 desirable qualities. "Walk, trot and canter" saddlers have become popular 

 cf recent years and sell at high prices. They may be bred from such trot- 

 ting horse stock as is plentiful in Wisconsin. 



TYPICAL U, S. CAVALRY HORSE 

 Photos from Union Stock Yard Co. 



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