. The principles and practice of judging live-stock . Livestock. THE TYPES AND CLASSES 139 is sought as being conducive to safety; the regulation fence is lower for a sixteen-hand horse than for one of only fifteen hands' height; furthermore, in case the horse blunders, the momentum of his weight will allow him to break through the obstacle, whereas the lighter horse. -Z^I^Ml^ ^^^^nl^ Fig. 64. — A light weight hunter. would probably trip and come down. Then, other things being equal, the bigger horse is up to more weight, and many people,who ride to hounds are following the sport to keep down
. The principles and practice of judging live-stock . Livestock. THE TYPES AND CLASSES 139 is sought as being conducive to safety; the regulation fence is lower for a sixteen-hand horse than for one of only fifteen hands' height; furthermore, in case the horse blunders, the momentum of his weight will allow him to break through the obstacle, whereas the lighter horse. -Z^I^Ml^ ^^^^nl^ Fig. 64. — A light weight hunter. would probably trip and come down. Then, other things being equal, the bigger horse is up to more weight, and many people,who ride to hounds are following the sport to keep down avoirdupois. Hunters are classified on the basis of weight to which they are up, as light weight (Fig. 64), 135 to 165 pounds, middle weight, 165 pounds to Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gay, Carl Warren, 1877-. New York : Macmillan
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