MARKET CLASSES OF HORSES AND MULES 



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horses, road horses and saddle horses, to which may be 

 added feeders and range horses. 



Draft horses. — Horses of the draft class should be 

 broad, massive individuals with symmetry of bone and 

 muscle, standing from I5.3 to 17.2 hands high, and in 

 good flesh, weighing not less than 1,600 pounds. The 

 general form of the draft horse will vary somewhat ac- 

 cording to the market under consideration. European 

 m.arkets, especially the British markets, demand a more 

 upstanding draft horse, 

 with a longer neck 

 than is desired by 

 American markets. 

 New York, being a 

 great shipping port, de- 

 mands larger and more 

 upstanding horses than 

 aiiy other city in the 

 United States. This is 

 because of the large 

 wagons- ■ used and 

 heavy loading for the 

 docks. The large 

 amount of business 

 done and the long waits 

 necessary to be made 



before a place can be had at the docks to unload, have 

 caused merchants to adopt the use of heavy wagons, thus 

 making a good demand for the large upstanding horse. 

 On the other hand, the dray work of Boston being lighter 

 than that of New York, smaller and lighter wagons are 

 used, and consequently the demand has been for a low- 

 set, smaller horse, although the conditions are rapidly 

 changing and the demand is now for a larger horse. 



The draft horse class is composed of heavy draft horse, 

 light draft horse and the logger, all of which are of much 

 the same general type. The heavy draft horse includes 



Fig. 146.- 



Heavy Draft Geldings, Weight, 

 4,000 Pounds 



