HORSES 



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BREEDS OF LIGHT HORSES 



Among light horses there are several breeds of importance. 

 Many of these trace their origin to the Arabian horse. This is 

 a horse of e.xtraordinary endurance and from the standpoint 

 of quality and conformation is of the very best. It comes 

 largely from the Arabian desert. 



Fig. 19. — BelLnan stallion. Show conrlition. (Hilcleliraiifl.) 



Thoroughbred. — The thoroughbred is a breed of horses 

 coming from England. It is the extreme of the roadster horse 

 type, being quite leggy and "high-strung" nervously. The 

 breed was made to be used in running races. Nearly every- 

 one is familiar with such races. They are run with a jockey 

 riding the horse. This used to be the popular sort of a horse 

 race in England. In the United States as a rule one or two 



