. Types and market classes of live stock. nd rider, and equal to aboutfive miles an hour. It is, however, not as showy or attractiveas the other gaits. Many saddle horses are educated to all seven of the gaits,and some have a knowledge of special movements known asthe high-school gaits. Walk, Trot, Canter Horse. This type is also styled the three-gaited horse and thepark hack. This is the horse which conforms to Englishfashions, whereas the five-gaited saddler is exclusively anAmerican type. The three-gaited horse is ridden in true Eng-lish fashion; this means the use of the English pad saddle
. Types and market classes of live stock. nd rider, and equal to aboutfive miles an hour. It is, however, not as showy or attractiveas the other gaits. Many saddle horses are educated to all seven of the gaits,and some have a knowledge of special movements known asthe high-school gaits. Walk, Trot, Canter Horse. This type is also styled the three-gaited horse and thepark hack. This is the horse which conforms to Englishfashions, whereas the five-gaited saddler is exclusively anAmerican type. The three-gaited horse is ridden in true Eng-lish fashion; this means the use of the English pad saddle,the curb bit and snaffle, and the crop in place of the riding 378 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock whip. At the trot, the rider does not sit close to the saddle,but performs what is called posting. General appearance. — The walk, trot, canter horse hashis mane pulled and his tail docked and set, in accordance withEnglish fashion, whereas the gaited horse wears a naturalmane and tail. Otherwise, the two types have practically the. Fig. 103. The Three-Gaited Saddle Type. Connoisseur, an excellent type of walk, trot, canter horse,by Mr. Wm. Ritter of Columbus, Ohio. Owned same general appearance. Most three-gaited saddlers areAmerican Saddle Horses which, for one reason or another, aremarketed as three-gaited horses. There are also quite a num-ber of walk, trot horses which are of Thoroughbred breeding,and some have a strong infusion of the blood of the American Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 379 Trotter. In such cases, the head and tail are not carried sohigh, and there is not the evidence of style in form and actionwhich characterizes the horse that is of American SaddleHorse breeding. Gaits. — This horse must show three gaits, and threeonly; these are the walk, trot, and canter. It is as objection-able for a three-gaited horse to show more than the gaitsmentioned as for the five-gaited horse to know less than thefive gaits. While many people have adopted the
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