HORSES 24o 



loads and to travel at a moderate trot. The French coach 

 (Fig. 154), the German coach, and the Hackney all serve 

 these purposes very well. The German coach horses are 

 less used in America than the others, probably because of 

 their greater weight. The French coach is bay, chestnut or 

 black ; and the German coach brown, bay or black. 



Fig. 155. — Champion Hackney stallion "Oxford. 



The Hackney (Fig. 155) is used to grade up the native 

 horses for coach purposes. He is much liked because of his 

 striking and pleasing appearance and good temper. His ac- 

 tion is very good, though not so quick as the trotter. The color 

 is brown, chestnut, roan or gray, with some white markings. 



Thoroughbred. — The English race horse or Thoroughbred 

 is the oldest of all pure breeds of horses, being a descendant 

 of the Arabian stock of Asia. The American Thoroughbred 

 found commonly in Kentucky and Tennessee is from the 



