4 The Colorado Experiment Station. 
carriage horse will be realized. This does not mean that animals 
which will fill the requirements are not already available as many 
specimens of “native” breeding have demonstrated their high 
carriage qualities by defeating the best imported animals in compe¬ 
tition in the show ring. The encouragement for the retention of 
these outstanding individuals for breeding purposes is one of the 
admirable objects of the work by the department. 
The qualities desired in a high class carriage horse are sub¬ 
stance, quality, stamina or endurance, high-balanced action, good 
temperament and speed. The latter qualification is very desirable 
in most cases, but not in itself essential in the production of either 
a marketable or high-class carriage individual. 
In order to present the desired qualifications of a carriage 
horse to the breeders, and also to encourage the production of a 
uniform type of carriage horse, the U. S. Department of Agri¬ 
culture in cooperation with the American Association of Trotting 
Horse Breeders, has formulated a classification for American car¬ 
riage horses which has been adopted by the various State Fairs 
throughout the United States. * 
The classification is as follows: 
Type. 
The type desired for the American carriage horse is as fol¬ 
lows: Not under 15 hands for mature horses; smooth, compact, 
and symmetrical conformation; neck of good length, inclined nat¬ 
urally to arch; sloping shoulders; well-set legs of medium length; 
sloping pasterns and good feet; short, strong back; well sprung 
ribs well ribbed up to coupling; smooth loins; full flanks; straight 
croup, with well-set tail; full round quarters. 
CONDITIONS GOVERNING ENTRIES. 
Classes open only to horses of American blood. 
Stallions in classes 1 to 5, inclusive, must be registered either 
in the American Trotting Register as standard, in the American 
Morgan Register, or in the American Saddle Horse Register, and 
certificate of such registry must be shown in the ring if required. 
Entries in all classes for mares must be registered either in 
the American Trotting Register as standard or non-standard, in the 
American Morgan Register, or in the American Saddle Horse 
Register, and certificate of such registry must be shown in the ring 
if required. 
Entries as get of sire in class 5 and produce of mare in class 
10, and entries in class 11 must be sired by a stallion registered as 
above, out of mares registered as above. 
No mare having any draft cross will be eligible. 
*From Twenty-Fourth Annual Report, B. A. I., U. S. Department 
of Agriculture. 
