Types and market classes of live stock . ve, vicious, or too free in harness, willbe rejected. Heavy artillery horses.—The U. S. Army specificationsfor artillery horses for siege batteries are as follows: A gelding conforming to the above specifications for horsesfor light and horse batteries, except that the animal should befrom 16 to 17 hands high, and weigh from 1400 to 1700 pounds. 448 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock depending on height. A smart, active, draft horse, with plentyof bone and substance, and enough quality to insure stayingpower in fairly fast work, is required for this
Types and market classes of live stock . ve, vicious, or too free in harness, willbe rejected. Heavy artillery horses.—The U. S. Army specificationsfor artillery horses for siege batteries are as follows: A gelding conforming to the above specifications for horsesfor light and horse batteries, except that the animal should befrom 16 to 17 hands high, and weigh from 1400 to 1700 pounds. 448 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock depending on height. A smart, active, draft horse, with plentyof bone and substance, and enough quality to insure stayingpower in fairly fast work, is required for this service. The work of the heavy artillery horse is much heavier andslower than that of the light artillery horse, and the type de-manded in the horse is quite different. Here it is a questionof power rather than of speed, and the heavy artillery horse isin fact a light draft horse, though some fall somewhat short ofthe weight desired in light drafters. Heavy artillery horsesmight properly be classed with draft or chunk horses, but for. Fig. 147. Heavy Artillery Horses. convenience are included in the same general class as the lightartillery horses. The demand for artillery horses is rather spasmodic, atsome times being much greater than at others. Contracts aregiven to the lowest responsible bidder to supply them in laigenumbers at a specified time. Because of the rigid examinationand requirements of official inspectors, some men have lostmoney in filling contracts. Fire horses.—The fire horse is more rangy in conforma-tion than the expresser, he being required to throw weight into Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 449 the collar and often to take long runs. The requirements arevery rigid, as will be seen by the specifications set forth by F. Quinn, former Superintendent of Horses of the ChicagoFire Department: The work required of a horse best suited to fire depart-ment services necessitates almost human intelligence. Such ahorse must not only be well bred, s
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