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must remain in the country for a specified term. First 

 prizes are awarded only to mature horses and mares that 

 have shown merit as breeders. Stallion shows have long 

 been held at Aurich, in East Friesland, where the horses 

 are brought annually for inspection and approval. Prizes 

 for brood mares are also awarded by the government. 



67. History in America. The history of the German 

 Coach horse in America is comparatively brief. It first 

 made its appearance in the United States in the eighties. 

 Not much prior to 1890 did the breed receive recognition 

 at American shows. A. B. Holbert, of Greeley, Iowa, 

 was one of the earliest to introduce the breed. Oltmann 

 Brothers, of Illinois, and Crouch & Son, of Indiana, have 

 also been most actively and prominently identified with 

 its promotion in America. 



German Coach horses of importance are not as yet 

 found in America in large numbers. Among the earlier 

 ones imported, Moltke 13, Kaiser Wilhelm 494, Young 

 Altma I 458, and Young Adonis 476, met with favorable 

 comment, the latter being a successful prize-winner in 

 California in 1891. In the central West, Bertus, brought 

 out by Oltmann Brothers, and Euto and Hannibal, 

 owned by Crouch & Son, have been distinguished in the 

 show-ring, winning against the severest competition for 

 years in succession. 



68. Description. In describing the characteristics of a 

 typical German Coach horse as seen in America (Fig. 11), 

 the German Hanoverian and Oldenburg coach Horse 

 Stud-book says : 



" The typical German horse is bay, brown or black, six- 

 teen to sixteen and one-half hands high, and weighs 1350 to 

 1450 pounds. He has a deep, round body, close ribbed, 

 and well proportioned, neck long and high set on the 



