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name loggers. While they still fill this demand, they are 

 also used extensively for other work. In such instances 

 the trade demands a comparatively cheap horse, and yet 

 must possess size and strength. Because of the price 

 paid, this trade is usually compelled to take the plainer, 

 rougher horses of the heavy draft type that are slightly 

 blemished. Loggers, therefore, should stand from 16. i 

 to 17.2 hands high and weigh from 1,700 to 2,200 pounds. 



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FIG. 148.— EXPORT CHUNK. WEIGHT, 1,550 POUNDS 



Chunks. — This class takes its name from the conforma- 

 tion of the horse, rather than from the use to which he is 

 put, although the prefix given the sub-class is indicative 

 of the use. Chunks stand 15 to i6 hands high and weigh 

 from 800 to 1,550 pounds. This class is composed of 

 eastern, farm and southern chunks. 



, The eastern or export chunk was formerly known as 

 the Boston chunk, but as the trade has widened to other 

 cities and some are exported, they have become known bj'' 

 the general name of eastern or export chunk. As the 



