Hi there, I'm just a silly and slightly confused German who cannot make a lot of sense of the line "Standing 16 1" or 2" with eyes wild and green" (even after some google-ing) - seems a little small for a horse? Or is it a toy horse? Or does it stress the artificial perfection of the ("toy") person? Hints dearly appreciated!
Hi there. No it is not a toy horse, the 16 refers to 16 hands which is derived from the imperial system as opposed to the metric system. each hand is about 4 inches. therefore a 16 hand horse is 5ft 4 in tall. The 1 or 2 are extra inches so the horse in question here is somewhere between 5 ft 5in and 5ft 6 in tall from the ground to the top of the withers. My mother in law has a horse about this size and she is a Frisian cross.
Hi there. No it is not a toy horse, the 16 refers to 16 hands which is derived from the imperial system as opposed to the metric system. each hand is about 4 inches. therefore a 16 hand horse is 5ft 4 in tall. The 1 or 2 are extra inches so the horse in question here is somewhere between 5 ft 5in and 5ft 6 in tall from the ground to the top of the withers. My mother in law has a horse about this size and she is a Frisian cross.
Hi there, I'm just a silly and slightly confused German who cannot make a lot of sense of the line "Standing 16 1" or 2" with eyes wild and green" (even after some google-ing) - seems a little small for a horse? Or is it a toy horse? Or does it stress the artificial perfection of the ("toy") person? Hints dearly appreciated!
@MatthiasHeil
@MatthiasHeil
Hi there. No it is not a toy horse, the 16 refers to 16 hands which is derived from the imperial system as opposed to the metric system. each hand is about 4 inches. therefore a 16 hand horse is 5ft 4 in tall. The 1 or 2 are extra inches so the horse in question here is somewhere between 5 ft 5in and 5ft 6 in tall from the ground to the top of the withers. My mother in law has a horse about this size and she is a Frisian cross.
Hi there. No it is not a toy horse, the 16 refers to 16 hands which is derived from the imperial system as opposed to the metric system. each hand is about 4 inches. therefore a 16 hand horse is 5ft 4 in tall. The 1 or 2 are extra inches so the horse in question here is somewhere between 5 ft 5in and 5ft 6 in tall from the ground to the top of the withers. My mother in law has a horse about this size and she is a Frisian cross.