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THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE 



Attica, New York, Eben D. Jordan, Boston, Massachusetts, and 

 Robert Beith, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, are perhaps best 

 known. 



Hackney characteristics are especially shown in conformation 

 and gait. The type of this breed is usually associated with the 

 horse full of breast, short of back, long, level, and broad of rump, 

 deep of rib, short of leg, with a carriage of head and neck of 

 the coachiest type. The Hackney may perhaps be regarded as 



Fig. 23. Fandango :d 373. A fine type of Hackney stallion. P'irsl at Boston 

 Horse Show and New York Open Air Show in 1899 and a winner at other 

 exhibitions since. Owned by F. C. Stevens, Attica, New York. Photo- 

 graph from owner 



blockier of form than other coach breeds of cob-like character. 

 Mr. Henry F. Euren states that the general description of the 

 Hackney which fitted both old style and new ideal is in brief 

 this: "A powerfully built, short-legged, big, broad horse, with 

 an intelligent head, neat neck, strong, level back, powerful loins, 

 and as perfect shoulders as can be produced." 



While Hackney breeders desire a height ranging from 15^- to 

 1 5 1 hands, this breed shows quite a variation in height. In 1885 



