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HAND (one hand = 4 inches). The horse is measured from the ground to the top of the withers,
The withers are defined as follows (Wikipedia):
The withers is the highest point on the back of a non-upright animal, on the ridge between its shoulder blades The withers in horses are formed by the dorsal spinal processes of roughly the 3rd through 11th thoracic vertebrae (most horses have 18 thoracic vertebrae), which are unusually long in this area. The processes of the withers can be more than 12" (30cm) in height on the average horse. Since they do not move relative to the ground (as does the horse's head), the height of a horse is measured from the ground to the withers. Horse sizes are extremely variable, from small pony breeds to large draft breeds. The height of the withers on an average Thoroughbred is 16 hands (5' 4").
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoThe traditional measuring unit for a horse is a 'hand', which equals 4 inches. A measurement will be in hands/inches - for e.g. 15.2 is 15 hands and 2 inches, or 62 inches In countries that work with the metric system, a horse is measured in metres and centimetres, for e.g. 1,58m. Measurement is taken at the withers.
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∙ 14y agothe type of measurement of horses is hands.
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∙ 12y agoby taking our hands and put finger tips to palm and keep doing that from bottom to tap and count how many times our hands meet
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∙ 11y agoHorses are always measured in hands and always have been, there are ancient Egyptian scripts with the term and even biblical reference to the measurement.
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∙ 14y agoHands, to every 4 inches.
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What is a unit of measure called Hands?
It is a special measure that people use to measure horses. It is four inches and you measure the horse or pony from their withers (where the mane starts on the horse's back) down to their feet.
Creatures from way back when?
the 1900s it is absolutley easy
What jobs did horses do in the nineteenth century?
A horse can have a job as a competition horse, a leisurely pleasure horse, a theraputic horse, a lesson horse, and a police horse. They can also pull carts to take people on rides tot ake them back to the old days for a while. Or, in some places horses are used instead of machinery, like back before tractors and such were invented. And horses are still used on ranches for herding cattle and such.
Where do you measure a horse?
your measure a horse by hands. you start at the bottom of their foot and put your hand next to it and then put other hand on top of the one next to the ground and build up, you measure until you get to the top of the horses ear.You go until the wither. THat is between the back of the ear and the beginning of the mane.
How did horses help us gain wealth and power?
Now horses help us by being in the mounted police, shire horses and cobs and horses like that can pull things along for us and horses also help by teaching us to ride them back then they were used for chasing animals so that the person could spear them, pulling things along and letting people ride them! I hope that was the back then time that you wanted!
Did they have cars back in the old days?
No. In the 1900s they had cars. They had elephants, camels, donkeys, horses and carriages.
Why were there so many horses in Australia cities in the early 1900s?
because horse was a delicacy back than...
How long have people been riding horses for pleasure?
people have been horse back riding seance the 1900s and that is how long people have been horse back riding!!! People have been horseback riding for pleasure ever since it was discovered that horses could be ridden. Though after World War 2 the horse became more of a pleasure animal than a beast of burden.
What is a unit of measure called Hands?
It is a special measure that people use to measure horses. It is four inches and you measure the horse or pony from their withers (where the mane starts on the horse's back) down to their feet.
Can horse chestnuts be used on horses and what are the uses of it?
no, chestnuts are not of use to horses. People believe way back when, horses had fingers and toes.
What major forms of transportation were invented in the 1800s and early 1900s?
there were horses and people who's jobs were to have a ruck sack that you could ride in and they would say "ride 400 km for 5 dolla! very cheap prices for good value!" and this would make them very un wealthy but this was the main transport back then also there were trains and horses but they smelt so they got no likes on facebook
What was the difference between Irish people and Americans back in the early 1900s?
Thye were different because of the different ways they talked. <3
What was tennis like back in the 1900s?
ping pong
Creatures from way back when?
the 1900s it is absolutley easy
Do people die from horses?
yes you can die from a horse if it throughs you of its back or stampeds over you
How big is a hand horses?
Horses are measured in hands. They are measured from the ground up to their withers(the crest at the base of the neck). A hand equals 4 inches or about 10cm. Horses are measured in hands because back when everyone owned horses the quickest way to measure horses was with their hands. Approximately, the width of most peoples hands are 4 inches so they didn't have to worry about people with bigger or smaller hands than others.
What did people use to ride back in the olden days?
They rode horses, carriages, and the wind. They as well walked!
