146 JUDGING LIGHT HORSES 



authoritive standpoint, very few specimens having been 

 introduced. 



Class Characteristics. The heavy harness group includes 

 coach, park, cob, cab and runabout, the latter being inter- 

 mediate between the heavy and light harness groups. 



Coach Horse. The coach horse should have quality, 

 style, smoothness, and action. The weight usually ranges 

 from 1150 to 1250 pounds and the height is approximately 

 16 hands. Coach horses are driven to various vehicles and 

 should go about 8 miles per hour. The specific use to which 

 they are put requires a lively temperament, good disposition 

 and faultless manners. They are used largely in cities 

 where style should be manifested, both at the walk, trot, 

 and when at rest. 



Park Horse. Park horses are classified by height. They 

 should possess unusual style, symmetry, refinement and 

 action as they represent the extreme show type. They are 

 driven singly, in pairs, and in fours to various types of vehicles. 



Cob. Cob horses are very close, full-made animals with 

 extreme finish and high action. They should possess 

 superior quality, fine, clean bone, unusual muscular develop- 

 ment, and comparatively short legs. They are intermediate 

 between the heavy harness and pony groups. 



Cab Horse. Cab horses are of much the same type as 

 the coach horse, many of them being the lower grades of the 

 coach class. They should possess symmetry of form, good 

 bone and feet, a close coupling, and unusual constitution and 

 endurance. These horses are used for a cheaper trade than 

 coach horses and are usually not maintained in as high 

 condition. 



Runabout. The runabout horse is intermediate between 

 the light and heavy harness groups. It should approximate 

 15 hands high and have both the characteristics of the road 

 horse and the park horse, the speed of the former and the 

 style and action of the latter, although not to the extreme. 

 The name indicates the kind of service for which the runabout 

 horse is used. 



