484 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 



ness of a company is centrally located in a city, and depots are not far 

 apart, they use larger horses and load heavier; if the business is done 

 in the outlying parts of a city, and the depots are a considerable distance 

 apart, lighter horses with more action are wanted. They are used 

 singly or in pairs, and the size of the horse will depend on the weight 

 of the wagon. The lightest ones are called "money horses," as they 

 are hitched to the lightest wagons to deliver valuables, this kind of 

 work demanding quick service. 



The typical expresser is rather upstanding, deep bodied, and 

 closely coupled, with good bone and an abundance of quality, energy, 

 and spirit. He should stand from 15-3 to 16-2 hands high, and weigh 

 from 1,350 to 1,500 pounds in good flesh; the average express horse is 



Fig. 185. — Express horse. This horse was purchased by the American Rail- 

 way Express Company as a six-year-old in 1909. When photographed in March, 

 1922, he had been in steady service on city streets for 13 years, weighed 1,525 pounds, 

 and stood 16 hands high. 



16 to 16-1 hands high, and weighs around 1,400 pounds in working 

 condition. His head should be neat, his neck of good length, and his 

 crest well developed. His shoulder should be obliquely set, coupled 

 with a short, well muscled back and a strong loin. His croup should 

 be broad, rounding, and well muscled, his quarters deep, and thighs 

 broad. He should not be goose rumped, nor cut up in the flank. His 

 underpinning should be of the very best, his cannons broad and clean, 

 and his hoofs of a dense, tough horn. 



The express horse is required to do his work both at the walk and 

 trot, the latter being the principal gait. He should be quick and 



