CHAPTER XXXVI 

 COACH HORSES 



/^NE hates to think that the coach horse, with his 

 ^-^ handsome head, his long, graceful "top-line," 

 and proud bearing, resplendent in his harness of pol- 

 ished leather, with gold or silver mounting, and draw- 

 ing with perfect ease an elegant barouche or victoria — 

 one hates to think that this fine animal should disap- 

 pear from the face of the earth; and perhaps the love 

 of beauty, inherent in the human race, will suffice to 

 preserve him for future ages. 



THE CLEVELAND BAYS 



The Cleveland bay is a big, upstanding, rangy, good- 

 tempered coach horse that has been bred in England for 

 many years. He was used chiefly as a barouche and 

 landau horse. 



There is a Cleveland Bay Society of America, whose 

 secretary is R. P. Stericker, East Orange, New 

 Jersey. 



THE FRENCH COACH HORSE 



The French coach horse is a big, strong animal, 

 with a good deal of endurance, due to the fact that 

 he has a large admixture of thoroughbred blood; but 

 the French coachers are usually coarse horses, and are 

 apt to be a little unpleasant in disposition. Not in- 



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