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TYPES AND BREEDS 



horse is claimed to give a safer ride on account of the momentum 

 of his greater weight, insuring him a better chance of breaking 

 through a fence in case of a blunder, instead of being tripped by 

 it and coming down. 



Hunters are classified according to the weight they are 

 capable of carrying, as li^ht weight, up to froni 135 to 165 

 pounds; middle weight, 165 to 190 pounds; and heavy weight, 

 190 pounds or over. A heavy weight hunter is shovsni as "a 



Fig. 56. — Heatherbloom, the world's record high jumper. 



weight carrier" (Fig. 36). They are also classified as green 

 or qualified, the latter having hunted one season with a pack 

 recogiiized by the United Hunts and Steeple Chase Association. 

 All hunters are jumpers in some degree, but a high jumper 

 is by no means necessarily a hunter. A jumper may clear six 

 feet at one time, and at another blunder over an ordinary post 

 and rail fence, while to be a safe cross country horee he must 

 be a consistent jumper of from 4 feet 6 inches to 5 feet only. 



