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The Three-Gaited Saddle Horse. 



This type is also styled the "walk, trot, canter horse/' and 

 the "park hack." This is the horse which conforms to English 

 fashions, whereas the five-gaited saddler is exclusively an Amer- 

 ican type. 



General appearance. The walk, trot, canter horse usually 

 has his mane pulled and his tail docked and set, in accordance 



Fig. 137. The Three-Gaited Saddle Type. 



Connoisseur, an excellent type of walk, trot, canter horse. Owned' by 

 Mr. Wm. Ritter, Columbus, Ohio. 



with English fashion, whereas the five-gaited horse wears a full 

 mane and tail. Otherwise, the two types have much the same 

 general appearance. Most three-gaited saddlers are American 

 Saddle Horses which, for one reason or another, are marketed 

 as three-gaited horses. There are also quite a number of walk, 

 trot horses which are of Thoroughbred breeding, and some have 

 a strong infusion of the blood of the American Trotter. In such 



