. Riding and driving for women . An Old-fashioned Combination Type (Warwick) bred type, while some go to the other extreme andfavor the harness type. My choice for a park hackis a sort of a *betwixt-and-between; a riding horsesmarter and more peacocky than either the I/O THE SADDLE HORSE thoroughbred or the Southern bred saddle horse; notnecessarily bristling with quality, yet showing plentyof breeding, and with substance, style, and a snappy. Combination Type (Mayo) all-round way of going. In other words, a horse thatfills the eye of the layman by his general showiness,and yet satisfies his r
. Riding and driving for women . An Old-fashioned Combination Type (Warwick) bred type, while some go to the other extreme andfavor the harness type. My choice for a park hackis a sort of a *betwixt-and-between; a riding horsesmarter and more peacocky than either the I/O THE SADDLE HORSE thoroughbred or the Southern bred saddle horse; notnecessarily bristling with quality, yet showing plentyof breeding, and with substance, style, and a snappy. Combination Type (Mayo) all-round way of going. In other words, a horse thatfills the eye of the layman by his general showiness,and yet satisfies his rider by the niceness of hisgaits and manners and the feeling of pride on being 171 RIDING AND DRIVING FOR WOMEN mounted on something that compels universal ad-miration. Of late the term road hack has come into title does not yet denote a definite type. If Iwere attempting to define it I should say a horsemore like the English cob, low in stature, not , but great in substance, and with beauty some-what sacrificed to utility. He must be well man-nered, be as willing to stand as he is willing to go,and should have a fast, well-balanced trot, as thehardness of the roads often makes cantering impos-sible on the highway. He should resemble the parkhack, but should be of a more useful and heaviertype, and if he can jump a bit, so much the better. In all horse shows there is now a class for what iscalled the combination horse,
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