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Fig. 63. — The Thoroughbred type of walk-trot-canter saddle horse. 



160. The hunter. — This horse is required to carry 

 weight cross country after fox hounds, which necessitates 

 his jumping safely any obstacle Ukely to be encountered 

 in a cross-country run, having stamina sufficient to stay 

 with the pack as long as they run and to be able to 

 gallop fast enough to follow the hounds. He must 

 have a good head to keep a steady hunting clip and be at 

 all times under the complete control of his rider. The 

 hunter is a weight carrying saddle horse in the extreme 

 sense of the term, having strong, well-developed shoulders 

 and withers, muscular quarters and ample bone. Size 



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