HORSES 

 BREEDS OF LIGHT HORSES 



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Among light horses there are several breeds of importance. 

 Many of these trace their origin to the Arabian horse. This is 

 a horse of extraordinary endurance and from the standpoint 

 of quality and conformation is of the very best. It comes 

 largely from the Arabian desert. 



FIG. 19. Belgian stallion. Show condition. (Hildebrand.) 



Thoroughbred. The thoroughbred is a breed o f horses 

 coming from England. It is the extreme of the roadster horse 

 type, being quite leggy and " high-strung " nervously. The 

 breed was made to be used in running races. Nearly every- 

 one is familiar with such races. They are run with a jockey 

 riding the horse. This used to be the popular sort of a horse 

 race in England. In the United States as a rule one or two 



