BREEDS OF HORSES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS. 



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page 99 front view, and page 103 side view, and page 107 back view of 

 hind quarters "will illustrate our meannig. 



Light Farm Horses. — There is another horse that may well tind a 

 place on all large farms, a horse al)out tifteen hands high and weighing 



i»oU to lOr'A) pounds. Sucli 



trom 



coh, a square-built, active animal, good for the saddle and all light work. 

 Such a horse is represented on the preceding page. The tail, however, 

 'ihould never be docked : for docking is a barbarous ])ractice, and one now 



