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frequently they make good saddle horses. As a cross 

 for the trottlng-bred horse they have not proved suc- 

 cessful, and on the whole there seems to be no reason 

 why the French coach horse should be bred In this 

 country in preference to trotting-bred horses. The 

 French coach horse is, it is true, somewhat larger on 

 the average than the trotting-bred horse, but this Is 

 his only point of superiority. 



The secretary of the French Coach Horse Society of 

 America is Duncan E. Willett, Maple Avenue, Oak 

 Park, Illinois. 



THE GERMAN COACH HORSE 



The German coach horse is a good-sized, good- 

 looking animal, but lacking in endurance and quality. 

 The German horae, in fact, has always been a by-word 

 in England for softness of constitution, although, In 

 order to supply the home demand, many German coach 

 horses were annually Imported Into England until the 

 outbreak of the present war. 



The secretary of the German Coach Horse Breeders* 

 Association Is J, Crouch of Lafayette, Indiana. 



