no 



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dler shows much style in the carriage of head and arch of 

 neck and tail. His courage and spirit, coupled with his 

 docility, give him his special usefulness under the saddle 

 as well as in the harness. The ideal Saddler may be 

 described thus : The head is clean cut, rather small, with 



FIG. 67.— AMERICAN SADDLE MARE "EDNA MAY" 



a very slight dish in the face ; the eyes prominent, full, 

 and set wide apart; and the ears small, wide apart and 

 active. The neck is long and gracefully crested with 

 head neatly attached at a good angle. The shoulders are 

 long and sloping with neat withers. The sloping shoul- 

 ders in connection with the well-sprung ribs give a 

 rather short and very strong back. The loin is well 

 muscled and powerful. The rump is level and strong, 

 with the tail coming out well up, carried high, and is 

 heavy, long and flowing. The quarters are long and 

 strongly muscled. The forearms are well muscled and 

 long, giving distance from withers to knees, while the 

 hind legs from stifles to hocks are also long, thus giving 

 distance from hips to hocks. The knees and hocks are 



