DRAFT GROUP OR TYPE 131 



Chunk. — Chunks are exemplified in animals possessing 

 draft form but lacking in scale and weight. The range 

 of this class is from 850 to 1500 pounds. Chunks are well 

 proportioned, compact, and therefore of greater value under 

 conditions where handy weight is desirable, such as rather 

 rapid work in the city or work of a general nature on the 

 farm. Chunks are divided into three classes; Eastern and 

 export chunks stand from 15 to 16 hands high and weigh 



Fig. 42. — Fire horses. 



from 1300 to 1550 pounds. The action should be elastic, 

 straight, quick, and well balanced. Farm chunks are 

 moderate-sized animals standing from 15 to 15-3 hands high 

 and weighing from 1200 to 1400 pounds. The action 

 should be quick, straight and well balanced, trotting well 

 if necessary to do so. Southern chunks range in height from 

 15 to 15-3 hands and weigh from 850 to 1250 pounds. They 

 are usually fine in bone, possess good quality, and should 

 have good action. Because of the varied sources from which 



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