Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-03-21
HEAVY CARRIAGE HORSES.
Demand For Those Of Good Shape and
High Action.

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The heavy harness horse should st the
heavy vlEicle Jlst Is the light harness
horse fits the light wheeled road wagon
or piano box buggy. The tendency Of
American carriage building has been
20 lightnoSs Of construction. This is seen
in the piano box side bar, the ph2egUn,
the surrey aud many other vehicles of
light weight Such a vehicle demands a
horse to sult ia light framed, rangy,
stylish horse, uimble and even swift Of
foot. with fowiag mans and tail. Eng
Iish wagon makers run to the opposite
extreme. They put the stuff" in their
vehicles Tire high and heavy two wheel
carts are popular, the mail phaeton and
Gn almost uEsuTnbsrcd variety Of traps
OF somewhat similar design are much
driven, while the tendency toward the
heavy equipage finds this climax IN the
mailcoach designed for four horses.
Obviously the horse that is suited to the
skeleto2like American road rig is not
adapted to tire seayy wheeled traps Of
English pattern. Hence We may logical
~ divide harness horses into two types
the light and the heavy, each with
is distinctive place.
The heavy traps are largely used for
city and park driving, but in the east
where hard roads lead from cities TO
suburbs no little amount Of road r.ding
in dogcart, break or coach is done. For
the most part the men who breed the
harness horses-the farmers Of the CEN
trail wess-areu not familiar with the sort
of vehicle which must be horsed for the
city, and hence are at sea as TO the type
Of horse 10 breed.
Trotting sires have been largely pa
tronized, with the result that light and
rangy horses, with low action, lacking
size and Substance ard in many cases
wanting beauty of conformation. have
been put on the market Most Of these
horses tam step along ut n good pace,
but eyea those who indulge in road nd
Ing are coming 10 demand shapeliness
as well a. speed In their horses The
horse breeding districts Of the west have
been secured { o find horses Of suitable
size, substances and action TO 60 into
high priced leather ON city streets with
broughams, landans, carts. breaks and
coaches behind them. il Is needless TO
say that comparatively few of them are
found which are up 80 the standard
Ii il this caDian. for a heavier horse.
q shapclier llcTsc and a horse Of higher
action th.4a we have been producing
from oT- RIOTERS that leads 20 che i'm
po-1aficn OF the continental breeGs @:
cozchers and ths CIrytiand bay and the
hackney. Heavy carriages demand heavy
horses. II ireds bat a>i.hr Of = modern
rubber tired broagbam 10 show the
horse breeder that the horse which Is
well adapted 20 tho pbacton or even
tho surrey will net do IL tho shafts or
at the pole If ayshicie Of such weight.
frame, a hea-ier body. but all without
co2rscneSs. Ard then the flying. extend
ed trot * the light road horse must be
replaced either with tho stately. dwell
ing stride Of the cossch horse or the
quick, high action of the hackney. An
understanding of what the market de-
mands will help TO put the breeder on
the right track and will show the trot-
ting horse advocate, if he be ainenabie
to reason, that he cannot fill the bill
with the horse which has SO long been
popular with the American public in
breast strap harness TO light vehicles
Breeders Gazette.