THE LIGHT-HARNESS BREEDS OF HORSES 107 



the Orloff breed in this country. Only a comparatively 

 few individuals have been imported and most of these 

 have been used as heavy-harness horses. When C. K. G. 

 Billings returned from Russia with his wonderful string 

 of world record trotters in 1913, it was reported that he 

 brought a few Orloff mares to be bred to The Harvester. 



121. Description. The Orloff is characterized by size 

 and substance even to the extent of being somewhat gross 

 in comparison with 



our American trotters. 

 They usually stand 

 full sixteen hands in 

 height and frequently 

 weight 1250 pounds. 

 They are less of the 

 extreme speed form 

 than our trotters, yet 

 they lack the rotund- 

 ity, symmetry and 

 style of the heavy- 

 harness breeds. Orloffs are quite regularly gray or black, 

 although chestnuts and bays are not at all uncommon 

 (Figs. 15, 16). 



122. Uses. In Russia, the only country in which the 

 Orloffs are found in any number, these horses are used to 

 the three-horse troika. 



123. Organizations and records. There is no 

 American Registry Association for Orloffs, their foreign 

 certificates being accepted here. Since the breed is 

 practically controlled by the Russian government, the 

 official register is the Record of the Imperial Russian 

 Horse Breeding Society. 



FIG. 16. Orloff mare. 



