House and Garden 
The Standard for Excellence 
IN BUILDERS’ 
FINE 
HARDWARE 
With Correct Designs in 
all the Leading Schools of 
Art is found in the produc¬ 
tions of 
P. & F. 
CORBIN 
N. W. Corner 
Eighth and Arch Streets 
PHILADELPHIA 
FACTORIES 
New Britain, Conn. 
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interlocking Rubber Tiling 
Kitchen, showing Interlocking Rubber Tiling in residence of Air. IVebb Horton, 
Aliddletonvn, N. T. 
Particularly adapted for Court Houses, Banking Institutions, Church Aisles, Hospitals, 
Libraries, Business Offices, Restaurants, Vestibules, Elevators, Kitchens, 
Laundries, Pantries, Bathrooms and for Steamships 
and Floating Property generally. 
ORIGINAL MANUFACTURERS 
New York Belting and Packing Co., Ltd. 
91-93 Chambers Street, New York City 
mount. With more experience and 
greater skill a better mount will inevi¬ 
tably be required. But a saddle horse, 
as a rule, should never be larger or 
heavier than his special work requires 
him to be. A saddle horse, whether 
for a light weight or a heavy weight 
rider, should have well defined high 
withers, sloping shoulders, a short back, 
strong flat legs well set under him and 
be particularly muscular and well devel¬ 
oped in the hind quarters where is the 
propelling power. The ideal saddle 
horse should be about 15^ hands in 
height, and weigh 1050 pounds. Such 
a horse, with a conformation of the 
kind indicated, should be up to 180 
pounds and sometimes very much more. 
When we look for mounts for men over 
200 pounds in weight we have to con¬ 
sider the probable carrying capacity of 
HACKNEY PONY, DONCASTER MODEL 
Owned by Mrs. John Gerken, Sbeepshead Bay, 
New York 
each animal and that capacity in my 
judgment is regulated by the shortness 
of the back with reference to the size 
and position of the legs that have to> 
carry the weight in motion. A bridge 
designer ought to be a good judge of the 
capacity of a weight-carrying horse. 
Big man, big horse was once an axiom; 
but the capacity of small horses—horses 
of the cob-built kind is now highly 
appreciated for such work. We have 
in America the most excellent material 
for saddle horses and there is no reason 
why all classes of riders may not be ad¬ 
mirably suited if the purchaser have com¬ 
petent advice in making his selection. 
As to runabout or other driving horses 
the field is so large that it is embarrassing 
to advise without writing a book. Do 
we want style or speed or do we want 
both ? We can hav e them just as we 
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