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54. Organizations and records. The societies de- 

 voted to the breed are the English Hackney Horse Society, 

 established in 1883, with the first stud-book published the 

 following year, and the American Hackney Horse Society, 

 with headquarters in New York City, established in 1891. 

 The first volume of its stud-book was issued in 1893. 

 Six volumes of the American Hackney Stud-books and the 

 Annual Reports for 1914 and 1915 have been published, 

 covering the registration of over 1700 stallions, over 2900 

 mares and 224 foundation stock mares. 



FRENCH COACH HORSE. Fig. 10. 

 By John A. Craig 



55. The name " French Coach " originated in America, 

 and it is here the official designation of this breed of 

 coach horses, although not in use in France, where the 

 name " Demi-sang " prevails. 



There has always been a strong demand in most of the 

 horse markets of the world for high-class coach or carriage 

 teams. The fact that carriage teams of right type and 

 action have brought unusually high prices in the horse mar- 

 kets has always been a strong stimulus for their production. 

 This of itself has led to the development of breeds suitable 

 for the production of such horses in several countries, but 

 an additional stimulus was added to the production of 

 the French Coach through the French government being 

 actuated by the desire to supply its army with the best 

 remounts. The wisdom of this has already accrued to 

 the advantage of the private individual, for superior 

 carriage horses are always at a premium, and it remains 

 for a war to bring to the attention of other nations the 



