Hi MatthiasHeil, the line "Standing 16 1 or 2, with eyes wild & green" is a description of the horse.
Traditionally, horses are measured in 'hands' - a hand is approximately 10cm & the hieght is measured from the ground to the 'withers' or top of the shoulder. In fact, because the hand is an imperial rather than a metric measurement, it actually corresponds to 4 inches (1 inch being about 2.5cm) & the 16 1 or 2' means 16.1 or 16.2 hands, which actually isn't a decimal but is 16 hands plus 1 inch or 16 hands plus 2 inches. So this horse is by my calculation (16x4inches)+(1 or 2 inches) = 65 or 66 inches = 1.625m or 1.650m.
The 'eyes wild & green' is more obviously a description of the horses eyes.
Hi MatthiasHeil, the line "Standing 16 1 or 2, with eyes wild & green" is a description of the horse.
Traditionally, horses are measured in 'hands' - a hand is approximately 10cm & the hieght is measured from the ground to the 'withers' or top of the shoulder. In fact, because the hand is an imperial rather than a metric measurement, it actually corresponds to 4 inches (1 inch being about 2.5cm) & the 16 1 or 2' means 16.1 or 16.2 hands, which actually isn't a decimal but is 16 hands plus 1 inch or 16 hands plus 2 inches. So this horse is by my calculation (16x4inches)+(1 or 2 inches) = 65 or 66 inches = 1.625m or 1.650m.
The 'eyes wild & green' is more obviously a description of the horses eyes.