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he is therefore termed a ride-and-drive or combination 

 horse. Although it is customary, for convenience' sake, 

 to show combination horses in harness first, he is more typi- 

 cally a saddle horse going well in harness than a harness 

 horse that is capable of giving a good ride. The combina- 

 tion horse is distinguished from the saddle horse proper 

 by being of a somewhat more harnessy form with more 

 speed at the trot. Under saddle he may go either three or 

 five gaits, the former usually being shown in heavy harness 

 and the latter in light harness. 



Classes for " model " horses and for " fine " harness 

 horses are in the catalogs of most southern shows. They 

 both favor the Saddle-bred horse. 



162. The model horse. — These horses are judged on 

 conformation and quality only, performance not being 

 considered, and classes for them constitute a most effective 

 means of promoting uniformity of type and individual 

 excellence. 



163. The fine harness horses are, in a sense, model 

 horses in harness, the idealbeing a horse of extreme refine- 

 ment and superior conformation, having neither speed nor 

 great action but going, most attractively, a ten or twelve 

 mile pace. 



Pony Division 



There is an increasing tendency, so far as the shows are 

 concerned, to disregard any common pony type, but to 

 differentiate between ponies on their conformity to either 

 harness or saddle standards, the same as is done in horse 

 classes. In a general way any equine under fourteen 

 hands two inches is a pony, but it is not so at the shows. 



The classifications usually call for ponies under 46 inches, 

 entries being usually, but not necessarily, of Shetland 



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