. Types and market classes of live stock. headmay be good, and the neck may be good also, but the two maybe joined at an angle which injures the appearance. The neckmay not rise from the shoulders as it should. The feet maybe good, but may be either too large or too small to be inproportion to the size and weight of the animal. The top line 348 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock from head to tail may be an irregular line full of angles,whereas it should be gracefully curved. The hips may be wide,which is desirable, yet they should not be wide out of allproportion to the rest of the body, s
. Types and market classes of live stock. headmay be good, and the neck may be good also, but the two maybe joined at an angle which injures the appearance. The neckmay not rise from the shoulders as it should. The feet maybe good, but may be either too large or too small to be inproportion to the size and weight of the animal. The top line 348 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock from head to tail may be an irregular line full of angles,whereas it should be gracefully curved. The hips may be wide,which is desirable, yet they should not be wide out of allproportion to the rest of the body, so as to be ragged andprominent. Seemingly small factors such as these may ormay not affect the horses usefulness for work, but frequentlythey constitute the difference between a plain animal and oneof show-yard character, between which there is a great differ-ence in price. One horse looks as though he were made up ofa lot of different-sized parts which do not fit well together,while the other seems cast from a carefully prepared Fig. 94. Heavy Drafters in Harness. This is the famous team of grays which was invincible at the leadingshows a few years ago. They were shown in both the United States andGreat Britain. Owned by Armour & Company of Chicago. Standing in natural position, the symmetrical horse carrieshis head and neck well up, so that the face line, shoulder, andpastern all slope at nearly the same angle; the croup is fairlylevel from hips to tail, the tail is set high, and all parts ofhis conformation are so proportioned as to give him a well-balanced appearance. On the matter of type.—To present the best appearance,the drafter should not be over-drafty in type; that is, shortnessof leg and compactness and width of body should not be carriedto the extreme. This type of horse is sometimes referred toas the Poland-China drafter. A certain degree of length of Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 349 limb, length of neck, and length of underline is necessary, n
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