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mail, stanhope, spider or George IV phaeton (Fig. 58), 

 park drag and Victoria, owners to drive, usually, in all 

 but the last instance. They are classified by height. 



153. The cob is best described as a big, little, ride or 

 drive, horse. He exemplifies the close, full-made form 

 and high action of the show type, but has unusual bone 

 and muscular development in his comparatively short 

 legs. The typical cob is so extremely close and full made 

 that the term cobby is used to denote such a form. The 

 cob is intermediate between the heavy harness and pony 

 divisions. 



154. The runabout horse. — The nature of his service 

 is indicated by the name of the vehicle to which he is 

 put, and handiness is his most essential feature. To this 

 end he should be small, not over 15 hands 1 inch, as a rule, 

 and combine some of the step of the road horse with some 

 of the shape and action of the park horse, although extreme 

 action is not typical of this class. Runabout horses should 

 stand without hitching, back readily, and display the best 

 of manners at all times (Fig. 59). This horse may be 

 considered intermediate between the heavy harness and 

 the light harness divisions. 



Light Harness Division 



This division consists of roadsters and speed horses, the 

 latter of which may be either trotters or pacers. 



155. The roadster (Fig. 60) typifies the trotter described 

 under the speed type, but is required, in addition, to be of 

 good size and conformation and to have some style, a smooth 

 gait, even though not possessed of extreme speed, and the 

 best of manners. Pacers are not generally recognized in 

 road classes on account of the fact that they pull a wagon 

 unsteadily over any but the best of going, their side motion 



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