Either farm hands, cowboys, or ranch hands
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Horse Hands is a measurement of horses height. good luck!
Many of the Pony Express horses may have been the precursor to the Quarter Horse but at the time Quarter Horses as a breed did not exist. But many of the horses were of a stock type that was popular for cattle work with cow hands. They were sturdy, athletic and surefooted for travel over rough terrain.
A quarter horses max height is 15.3 hands.
Ranch hands on horseback
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Some people, for example cattle ranch hands and mounted police ride horse as part of their job while other ride them simply for pleasure.
Hands on History - 2001 Cattle Ranching was released on: USA: 23 March 2002
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.
A cattle farm worker is called a herdsman.
They measured their horses using their hands.
Mustang horses are known for being strong but small. Most Mustangs are 14-15 hands, but some are 16 hands. Horses under 14.2 hands are ponies. (A hand is four inches)
15'3'' hands