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TYPES AND BREEDS 



Quality, general refinement and finish to enhance good looks. 



Temperwrnent, active, stylish, proud, bold, and courageous. 



The actor or high going horse is such structurally and tem- 

 peramentally. He must possess a general suj^pleness and flexi- 

 bility that is found only with length of shoulder and pastern, 

 neck and croup. But this is true in equal degree of the saddle 

 horse. The actor, in addition, is close made in profile, full made 

 from the end, in order that he mav hotter fit hcavv leather and 



Fig. 36. — A weight carrier, illustrating the bone and muscular development which with 

 short back and legs render a horse "up to" two hundred pounds or more. 



conform to the heavy vehicles to which he is put. Furthermore, 

 he must not only possess joints of such angles as to permit of 

 extreme flexion, hut he must he thoroughly disposed so to go, bend- 

 ing himself in every joint from the ground to the tip of his chin 

 and to the last segment of his abbreviated dock. Height of stride 

 is his, and he must have the style and finish to properly set off 

 the shoAv he is to make. 



Saddle Type. — The saddle horse must carry weight from 135 

 to 200 pounds or over, with greatest satisfaction to his rider and 



