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TYPES AND BREEDS 



A combination horse may go either the three or the five 

 gaits under saddle, but those which walk, tTot, and canter are 

 usually driven in heavy harness, while those which are gaited 

 are driven in light harness. 



The " fine haraess " horse of the Southern shows, distinct 

 from the " light harness '' horse in that he has no speed but is 

 a " model " horse capable of going ten or twelve miles an hour 

 in the best fonn, is in reality a gaited saddle horse in harness 

 (Fig. 58). 



Fig, 58. — The fine harness horse of the South, a model of conformation, quality, style, and 



way of going. 



The Pony Division. — Generally speaking, any horse under 

 14-2 is a pony, but diminutive stature alone does not constitute 

 pony type. There is a distinct pony build or form, characterized 

 as an exaggeration, in miniature, of either the draft or heavy 

 harness types. An undersized light harness horse, for instance, 

 would be a runt, not a pony. 



Ponies permit of classification into three groups : ( 1 ) Those 

 conforming to the Shetland standard of a 46-inch limit, (2) those 

 11-2 to 14-2 hands, and (3) the polo pony. 



