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well groomed when offered for sale, he should realize full value. The 

 carriage horse or saddler, on the other hand, requires months of hand- 

 ling in order to give him a good mouth and develop his action or gaits, 

 as the case may be. Furthermore, a wire cut or other blemish is much 

 more serious with these types than with the drafter. They require 

 more care and attention from birth to selling time, and require a greater 

 age to finish them for market. It is also true that there are fewer 

 misfits in breeding draft horses than with any other type of horse, in 

 other words, results are more certain and sure. The production of 

 draft horses fits into general farminsr better than the production of 



Fig. 196.— The Belgian stallion Farceur's King, a three-year-old son of Farceur 

 owned by the University of Minnesota. Junior and reserve champion at the Iowa 

 State Fair and International Belgian Show in 1922. Note the draftiness, quality, 

 and style of this colt, his good head and neck, round middle, well-set legs, large clean 

 bone and joints, and good feet. 



any of the light horse types. For these various reasons, the draft 

 horse is of greatest interest to most farmers, and is most frequently 

 selected by farmers who take up horse breeding. 



Light types require greater skill. — Let it be understood, however, 

 that the foregoing arguments are not intended to discourage the breed- 

 ing of types other than the drafter. The point is that carriage, saddle, 

 and roadster horses are more difficult to produce than drafters, and 

 but few persons, comparatively, are qualified to breed them success- 



