. The American farmer's horse book;. Horses. 518 AMEKTCAN FARMER'S HORSE BOOK. with the severe exercise of long marches and great endurance. Those men, whether in civilized or other lands, who spend most of their lives in the saddle, seldom practice their horses in more than two movements faster thau a walk—the trot and the gallop. A sustained, rapid trot is a hard gait for the inexperienced rider; hut, when one is inured to it, no other seems comparable with it for long journeys. General Sheridan's famous black stallion, which bore him to the field of Opequan Creek from "Winchester, &quo
. The American farmer's horse book;. Horses. 518 AMEKTCAN FARMER'S HORSE BOOK. with the severe exercise of long marches and great endurance. Those men, whether in civilized or other lands, who spend most of their lives in the saddle, seldom practice their horses in more than two movements faster thau a walk—the trot and the gallop. A sustained, rapid trot is a hard gait for the inexperienced rider; hut, when one is inured to it, no other seems comparable with it for long journeys. General Sheridan's famous black stallion, which bore him to the field of Opequan Creek from "Winchester, "twenty miles away"—an occasion already celebrated in history and song—is said to have been one of the hardest-gaited horses that man ever bestrode—one which it would be a sore task for many a professional jockey to have to .\-i HORSES FOR THE BUGGY AND CARRIAGE. Usually, the horse of the American farmer must be some- what accustomed to almost every variet}^ of exercise—to the saddle, the buggy, and the car- riage as well as the plow and the wagon. Hard labor, on the road or in the field, impairs the quali- ties for use under the saddle, and; the farm-horse is not generally well suited to the carriage. Yet,, a horse of fine form and limb' will always be more active in the shafts of any vehicle thaa one that is coarse and raw-boned. The best carriage-horses are not those of largest size, They should have height and length, but the body should be light and compact, with small, clean limbs, and a hard mus-i. 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 Stewart, Robert, veterinary surgeon. [from old catalog]. Cincinnati, C. F. Vent & co. ;
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