THE BREEDS OF HORSES 



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horse shows much style in carriage of head and arch of neck 

 and tail. He stands from 15 to 15^2 hands high, and often 

 weighs about 1,000 pounds. His most frequent colors are 

 bay, brown, or black. This breed of horses is growing more 

 and more into favor on account of its extremely easy gait. 

 Saddlers may be divided into two classes. One has the walk- 



Figure 35. American Saddle Horse, Kentucky's Choice. 

 The National Stockman and Farmer. 



Photograph from 



trot-canter gaits common with all saddle horses. The other 

 class has five gaits, the walk-trot-canter, the rack, and the 

 running walk, or fox trot, gaits especially found with this 

 breed. If a horse can show these five gaits, he is called a 

 gaited horse. If he has only the first three, he is known as 



