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endurance are not equal to that of the standard bred 

 Trotters as a sire to driving animals. In fact the 

 Hackney and Coach horses are chiefly useful as park 

 animals and for driving in boulevards where style 

 and not speed is required. On the western ranges 

 a number of Hackney stallions have been introduced 

 for crossing on broncho mares but the results of these 

 experiments cannot yet be stated with much confi- 

 dence. 



French Coach Horse. This breed is the direct 

 result of government enterprise in France. The 

 French government felt the need of remounts for 

 cavalry purposes and imported Thoroughbred stalli- 

 ons for crossing on native mares. On account of the 

 repeated use of Thoroughbred stallions the French 

 Coach Horses are still in many cases half-breeds 

 rather than a pure breed. The faults of this breed 

 are that it does not come true to color or type on 

 account of the many admixtures of blood which have 

 taken place. The action of the horse, however, in 

 good specimens, is about equal to that of the Hack- 

 ney or other coach horses. 



German Coach Horse. This breed originated in 

 northern Germany and showed a number of differ- 

 ent forms in different provinces, some of which 

 have been recognized as distinct breeds. The best 

 known type of the German Coach horse is the Olden- 

 burg, which, like the French Coach horse, was taken 

 up by the German government for the purpose of 

 improvement. Like the French Coach horse also it 

 was bred originally for cavalry purposes. The 

 German Coach horse stands about 15.$ to 16 hands 

 high and weighs from 1000 to 1200 pounds. The 

 prevailing color is bay or brown. The action of the 

 German Coach horse is somewhat less showy and 

 artificial than that of the Hackney. 



