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as that of the roadster. The shoulder should be obliquely set, 

 the withers high and thin, the back short, well muscled, and 

 closely coupled to the hips by a short, broad loin. The barrel 

 should be deep and round, the ribs well sprung, and the chest 

 deep; the croup should be long and the hips nicely rounded. 

 The legs should be well placed and heavily muscled, the bone 

 broad and clean, and the pasterns of good length and obliquely 

 set, joined to well-shaped feet. The runabout horse is not 

 quite so stockily built as the cob, being not so heavy in neck 

 and crest, not so full made and rotund in body, and not so heavy 

 in quarters. The action is more moderate than that of a cob; 



Fig. 149. Runabout Horse. 



he does not need to be as high an actor, but should have more 

 speed. The action should be bold, frictionless, and straight, 

 such as is conducive to speed and beauty of form. 



The demand for runabout horses is for single drivers. They 

 are used in cities and elsewhere on runabouts and driving wagons. 

 They are of more or less mixed breeding, the predominating 

 blood being that of the American Trotting Horse. 



Roadsters. The chapter dealing with light-harness or 

 roadster type sets forth the requirements for roadsters in form, 

 action, and speed, and discusses the uses to which they are put. 

 No further discussion is needed here. 



