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recognized on the market, approaching tne general 

 type of the draft horse. The call for such horses 

 is less frequent than for the recognized classes 

 and the farmer is therefore not justified in attempt- 

 ing to raise horses to fit this class. These draft 

 classes are known as bus horses, tram horses, 

 artillery horses, van horses, cart horses, etc. 

 Some of these are shipped to England and other 

 parts of Europe for use in hauling heavy busses 

 and public street vehicles. In this country such 

 horses are most commonly drawn from the other 

 standard market classes. 



The general term driving horse includes a 

 considerable variety of types which differ in 

 height, strength, and gait. The typical driving 

 horse should stand from 15.1 to 15.3 hands 

 high and weigh from 1000 to 1150 pounds. The 

 business of the driving horse is to pull a light 

 vehicle at a comparatively rapid stride and for 

 a considerable period. Such horses in order 

 to bring remunerative prices must be graceful 

 in form, symmetrical, smooth, sound, with clean 

 legs and with fine heads. It is quite useless for 

 the farmer to expect any profit in breeding driving 

 horses for market so long as they do not please 

 the eye in every respect and show more than the 

 average speed and graceful gait. The market is 

 always overloaded with poor or medium driving 

 horses and it is impossible to get enough from this 

 type of horse to pay for raising them. The 

 coach horse stands about 15.3 to 16 hands 

 high and weighs from 1050 to 1250 pounds. 

 This horse is slightly heavier than the true driving 

 type, should show correspondingly larger body 

 and must show if anything a smoother form and 

 otherwise the general conformation of the roadster. 



