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JUDGING FARM ANIMALS 



Fig. 92. "One sees saddlers that possess consid- 

 erable action." (Courtesy American Breeder.) 



and canter. This 

 horse lacks the uni- 

 formity of breed- 

 ing of the five- 

 gaited horse, for 

 he may be of 

 Thoroughbred, 

 Hunter, or Ameri- 

 can saddle horse 

 ancestry. He may 

 closely resemble the 

 five-gaited in type, 

 or vary consider- 

 ably from it. Ae- 

 cording to the 

 American Saddle 

 Horse Breeders ' 

 Association, the 

 three-gaited horse 

 should g o plain 



and lead with either 

 foot in a canter 

 from a halt." Stu- 

 dents of the saddle 

 horse are also offi- 

 c i a 1 1 y informed 

 that "high rate of 

 speed and racing 

 is forbidden." 



The three-gaited 

 saddle horse, also 

 known as the 

 " plain - gaited 

 horse," possesses 

 but three gaits, 

 namely, walk, trot 



Fig. 93. American Saddle horse "Edna Mae," 

 a noted show mare. Mr. Matt S. Cohen up. 

 (Courtesy American Agriculturist.) 



