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Texas ponies, are probably descendants of horses abandoned 

 by DeSoto. 



Most of the pure breeds of horses found here at the 

 present time have originated in the Old World; but America 

 has established a distinct breed of saddle horses and trotters, 

 and a carriage breed is being developed. 



Types of Horses. There are several types of horses. 

 (1) Those for heavy work are called the draft type. (2) Those 

 of light build, for quick action, are called the light horse type. 

 (3) There are many that would not fall into either of these 

 two extreme types, but would be somewhat intermediate 

 between them. Such horses may be grouped into a third 

 type, sometimes called dual-purpose or general-purpose 

 horses. The descriptive points of the draft horse and the 

 light horse are given in the score cards at the end of this 

 chapter. 



Pure Breeds of Horses. The pure breeds of horses may 

 be grouped as follows: draft breeds, coach breeds, light 

 breeds, and pony breeds. The market types of horses, 

 whether they be pure-bred or not, may be classified as draft, 

 coach, roadster, saddle, and pony. 



The draft breeds are all large, heavy horses, ranging in 

 weight from thirteen hundred to two thousand pounds. 

 They are well built for heavy teaming. The leading breeds 

 of the draft group are Clydesdale, Percheron, English Shire, 

 Suffolk Punch, and Belgian. 



Coach Horses. The heavy carriage or coach breeds 

 Include the large, active, stylish coach horses, such as the 

 Hackney, German and French coach, the Cleveland Bay 

 or Yorkshire coach. 



Light horse breeds include the Thoroughbred, the Ameri- 

 can trotting horse, and the American saddle horse 



Pony breeds are the Welsh, the Shetland, and Exmoor. 

 These differ considerably in size, habits, and other special 

 characters. Besides these pony breeds there are several 

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