This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
At 01:39 PM 7/31/2001 +0200, you wrote:
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sure, a "Hand" is 4 inches. And the .2 part of it is 2 inches. I know it doesn't make any sense at all. I agree but it is an old way to measure a horse using ones hands. The 4 fingers on the hand are about 4 inches (average hand I guess). So the 14.2 hand horse is really a 58 inch or 147.32 cm tall horse. Hope this helps. I think it will help - but my four fingers are not 10,16 cm high :-).
And that is one of the big problems with the whole system.
So, if I understand, my Fjord is 13,39 hands? (136 cm)
Well you can't really just divide the inches by 4 because it isn't a decimal system. It is very confusing to say the least. The 136 cm = 53.5 inches which equals 13.1 1/2 hands.
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