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JUDGING LIGHT' HORSES 



15-1 to 16 hands, and the weight from 800 to 1100 pounds 

 or over in animals possessing the smoother road horse 

 characteristics, although there are many smaller types 

 possessing more or less value, depending on the use made of 

 the animal. In the best development of this breed, specimens 

 possess good quality, conformation, and refinement. Such 

 specimens should possess clean, well-defined heads, a neck 



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of medium length, refined, and moderately arched, sloping, 

 well-made shoulders, a strong back, broad loin, muscular 

 croup, strong coupling, clean, well-defined bone, and general 

 symmetry and finish. 



Horses of this latter stamp are more largely used for road 

 purposes, as defined under the roadster class. Top crossing 

 with Standardbred stallions of this stamp is practised widely 



1 The U. S. Government has important work under way with this horse 

 at Middlebury, Vermont. 



