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JUDGING LIGHT HORSES 



Hackney. The Hackney horse is an English product, 

 and from the standpoint of style, smoothness, symmetry, 

 and action is especially characteristic of the attributes and 

 attainments desired in heavy harness horses. The type is 

 usually associated with a prominent breast, short back, a 

 long, level, broad croup, deep ribs, short legs, and an extreme 

 carriage of head and neck. The body is round, close knit, well 

 coupled, and usually exhibits good bone and extreme refine- 



FIG. 47. Hackney characteristics. 



ment. The height, exclusive of ponies and intermediate 

 types, ranges from 15-2 to 15-3 hands, and the 'weight from 

 1100 to 1300 pounds. The color of the Hackney varies. 

 Chestnuts, bays, and browns are the leading colors, the 

 former predominating; white markings all around are quite 

 characteristic. The Hackney breed is typical of the attributes 

 desired in heavy harness animals, possessing the refinement, 

 the smooth-turned form, unusual style and well-balanced 

 hock and knee action, the former being especially developed. 



