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JUDGING LIGHT HORSES 



Breed and Class Characteristics. — The light harness 

 group is represented by the American Standard bred, which 

 is the nearest exponent of pure breeding, as grouped under 

 the breeds in the classification of horses, and by the speed 

 or race horse and roadster, as grouped under class charac- 

 teristics. The former is subdivided, merely by a distinction 

 in the gaits, into the trotter and pacer. 



Fig. 54. — Standardbrcd mare. 



American Standardbred. — The American Standardbrcd, as 

 an exponent of pure breeding,i is represented by the trotter 

 and pacer. This subdivision in conjunction with the top 

 crossing with the Thoroughbred, which has been introduced 

 in the Standardbred, is responsible for the wide variation 

 which exists in the type. The color is not uniform, a large 

 number of colors prevailing in various allied shades, bay 

 being the predominating color. The height ranges from 



iSee Official Trotting and Pa,^ing Standard, p.asp 152, 



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