122 TEE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 



Stud-book for Thoroughbreds, the official organization 

 being the American Jockey Club. 



Literature. Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart., Thoroughbred and 

 Other Ponies; Horses Past and Present; Ridgeway, The Origin 

 and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse, Cambridge (1905); 

 Trevethan, The American Thoroughbred, New York (1905) ; Peer, 

 Cross Country with Horse and Hound; Ware, First Hand Bits of 

 Stable Lore ; United States Department of Agriculture, Nineteenth 

 Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry. 



AMERICAN SADDLE HORSE. Plate IV. Fig. 20. 

 By David Castleman 



136. The American Saddle horse, as its name indicates, 

 is a saddle horse developed in America. While it is 

 adapted first of all for saddle purposes, it has long since 

 demonstrated its worth for light harness service. Its 

 peculiar grace of motion and aptitude for the saddle gaits 

 in their perfection, place it in the forefront of horses used 

 for saddle work. 



137. History. The American Saddle horse is the 

 outgrowth of necessity. Before railroads were established 

 in this country, and while traffic was by horseback over 

 unbroken or almost impassable roads, there was a demand 

 for a sure-footed, sturdy horse that could travel long dis- 

 tances at a steady rate of speed, and at the same time 

 carry a pack or a rider. Out of this need grew the Ameri- 

 can Saddle horse, very crude and undeveloped at first, 

 but to be gradually molded, as necessity changed, into the 

 magnificent type as he stands to-day. 



Virginia and the south Atlantic states had given much 

 attention to racing, and at a very early date were breeders 



