. Types and market classes of live stock. or exercise, there is the always-presentsaddle horse useful for the purpose. He carries his masterto church, to school, and to war; on neighborhood visits, andon long journeys across country. Wherever and whenever theKentuckian or Missourian may go on horseback he does so,and, instinctively, when thinking of these people, one thinksof them as mounted on gaited horses. General appearance. — The gaited horse wears a naturalmane and tail, in contrast to the other types of saddle breeders of this type lay stress upon loftiness of carriage, 374 T
. Types and market classes of live stock. or exercise, there is the always-presentsaddle horse useful for the purpose. He carries his masterto church, to school, and to war; on neighborhood visits, andon long journeys across country. Wherever and whenever theKentuckian or Missourian may go on horseback he does so,and, instinctively, when thinking of these people, one thinksof them as mounted on gaited horses. General appearance. — The gaited horse wears a naturalmane and tail, in contrast to the other types of saddle breeders of this type lay stress upon loftiness of carriage, 374 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock airiness of movement, refinement, intelligence, docility withhigh spirit and courage, — withal, great beauty in every detailof conformation, without any sacrifice of those qualities whichinsure durability and creditable performance of the work de-manded of a saddle horse. A leading Kentucky breeder pre-sents the points of the typical five-gaited saddle horse in thefollowing brief paragraph* : —. Fig. 101. Five-Gaited Saddle Horse. The noted prize-winning stallion, Kentuckys R. Tasker Lowndes of Danville, Ky. Owned by The typical saddle horse does not dificer materially fromother light horses in conformation. The characteristics pe-culiar to the type are a long, clean neck, sloping pasterns andshoulders, withers moderately high and narrow, a short andcompactly coupled back, smoothly turned quarters, and a well-set, high-carried tail. In action there should be promptness,ease, and precision in going from gait to gait, and absolute Bit and Spur, September, 1912, p. 22. Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 375 straightness and evenness in each. The rack should besmooth, swift, and without side motion of the body or legs,the trot should be fast and without offensive flashiness, thecanter should be slow with no increasing speed, the flat-footedwalk should be springy and reasonably fast, while the runningwalk, or fox trot, shou
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