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57. History in America. The French Coach horse 

 was most extensively imported to this country during the 

 eighties, many of them coming to the eastern states. 

 Those sent west were most largely taken to the states 

 of Illinois and Ohio. In the middle west they have been 

 liberally patronized, and when the foundation mares were 

 of suitable size and type, and a fair degree of action, high- 

 class carriage horses have been produced. The scarcity 

 of the proper type of mares to breed to such stallions 

 militated against the reputation of the breed for crossing 

 purposes; and especially has the scarcity of genuine 

 coach action been the source of some disappointment. 



58. Types of French Coach horses. Owing to the 

 needs of the army, the French Coach horse in France is 

 represented by two types, referred to as the Demi-sang 

 trotteur, or those of the trotting type, and the Demi-sang 

 carrossier, or those of the coach type. There are now 

 two stud-books in France for the registration of these : 

 The French Stud-book, A Register of Demi-sang Horses 

 Born and Imported in France, established in 1833; and 

 the Stud-book Trotteur, compiled and published in 1907. 

 Records had been compiled before this, but only in recent 

 years has the full importance of these become manifest 

 to the patrons of the breed. 



59. Coach type. The French Coach horse of the coach 

 or " carrossier " type is in every essential a coach or car- 

 riage horse according to the market requirements (Fig. 10). 

 These horses stand, on an average, sixteen hands high, 

 and in weight may vary from ten to fourteen hundred 

 pounds. Most of the horses of this type are upstanding, 

 carrying their heads and tails high when in motion or at 

 rest. They are smooth, symmetrical and invariably of 

 fine quality, with very graceful movement, having high 



