THE LIGHT-HARNESS BREEDS OF HORSES 107 
the Orloff breed in this country. Only a comparatively 
few individuals have been imported and most of these 
have been used as heavy-harness horses. When C. Kk. G. 
Billings returned from Russia with his wonderful string 
of world record trotters in 1913, it was reported that he 
brought a few Orloff mares to be bred to The Harvester. 
121. Description. — The Orloff is characterized by size 
and substance even to the extent of being somewhat gross 
in comparison with 
our American trotters. 
They usually stand 
full sixteen hands in 
height and frequently 
weight 1250 pounds. 
They are less of the 
extreme speed form 
than our trotters, yet 
they lack the rotund- 
ity, symmetry and 
style of the heavy- 
harness breeds. Orloffs are quite regularly gray or black, 
although chestnuts and bays are not at all uncommon 
(Figs. 15, 16). 
122. Uses. — In Russia, the only country in which the 
Orloffs are found in any number, these horses are used to 
the three-horse troika. 
123. Organizations and records.— There is no 
American Registry Association for Orloffs, their foreign 
certificates being accepted here. Since the breed is 
practically controlled by the Russian government, the 
official register is the Record of the Imperial Russian 
Horse Breeding Society. 
Fic. 16. — Orloff mare. 
