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Rural School Leaflet. 



for this work. These horses are bay, black, brown, roan, and in fact 

 likely to be almost any color. 



The coach horse, or carriage horse as it is frequently called, is intended 

 for the special purpose of drawing coaches and other fashionable vehicles, 

 such as are commonly seen on the streets of every city. In general 

 appearance the coach type shows smooth graceful lines, with a general 

 fullness in all parts. The neck is of moderate length and gracefully 

 arched, the shoulders long and sloping well into the back, the body 

 round, short on top and long below, and the legs of good length, showing 



Fig. 27. — A carriage horse 



cleanness, good bone, and plenty of muscle. In this type of horse, 

 style and action &re the most important factors. The coach type of 

 horse should possess rather high, bold knee action of a flashy sort. The 

 hocks should be slightly bent or fiexed„ and the legs carried well up to 

 the body when in action. 



There are several breeds of coach horses, — the hackneys, the French 

 coach, and the German coach being the best known. Of these, the hack- 

 ney is perhaps the most desirable as a coach horse because of his high 

 action and pleasing style. The hackney came from England, where for 

 centuries he has been greatly patronized as a saddler and a roadster. In 



