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JUDGING LIGHT HORSES 



more representative of the saddle type, but is customarily 

 shown in harness first. It should possess considerable 

 smoothness, style and finish, although these attributes are 

 not usually attained to an extreme. The combination horse 

 is usually distinguished from the saddle horse by possessing 

 more of the harness-form attainments, principally in the 



Fig. 62. — Gaited saddle stallion. 



speed at the trot. Combination horses which possess, 

 either naturally or by training, an equal balance in harness 

 and saddle requirements possess unusual value, both from the 

 market and show ring standpoint. 



Walk-trot-canter Horse. — The walk-trot-canter horse re- 

 ceives its name from the three gaits which it possesses. 

 It is divided into two types which are derivatives of the 

 American or Saddle-bred and the English or Thoroughbred 



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