Horse Height Measurement Defined by Hand as Four Inches
The traditional unit hand defines a horse height as four inches. This standard remains widely used in equestrian contexts to describe a horse's stature from ground to withers.
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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1952
Page
4
The traditional unit hand defines a horse height as four inches. This standard remains widely used in equestrian contexts to describe a horse's stature from ground to withers.
The Will County Heart Association along with the Home Economics and Public Health departments will hold a one day homemaking workshop tomorrow from 10 a m to 3 p m at the Will County Health Department offices 21 E Van Buren Street. Only members of the Will County Home Economics association may attend and will later teach other homemakers.
Lockport High School seniors present Fog Island a three act play directed by Eleanor Urban with curtain at 8 15 p m March 20 and 21 Winn McCray stars as the young atomic scientist on an island cut off by high tide a sheriff and picnickers arrive to rescue him from thieves seeking atomic secrets cast includes Wayne Adams Jo Ann De Sandre Craig Hudson Charles Allison Rose Mary Panich Jeanne McGovern Joyce Wheatley Adele Carlson Grace Boehme Marlene DeToffel James Buchanan noted as bachelor president.
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