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MANAGEMENT AND BREEDING OF HORSES 



the heavier weights of the draft class, standing from i6 

 to 17.2 hands high and weighing from 1,75b to 2,200 

 pounds. The light draft horse, which is similar in type, 

 but smaller, stands from. 15.3 to 16.2 hands high and 



FIG. 147.— PERCHERON GRADE. WEIGHT, 1,925 POUNDS AT 4 YEARS OLD 



weighs from i,6oo to 1,750 pounds. While 15.3 hands 

 is accepted as the minimum height for light draft horses, 

 occasionally 15.2 horses are included, although it should 

 be understood that they are less desirable than 

 taller ones, and border closely on the type known as 

 eastern chunks. Loggers are horses of the draft class 

 that were formerly bought to go to the lumbering woods, 

 where they were used for logging purposes, hence the 



