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evidence, but viciousness is not tolerable. Tliis 

 class of liorses are used for short drives about 

 cities where styk; and bc;auty are more sought 

 than endurance ; hence this characteristic is not 

 as marked as in the liLrhter horses. The solid 

 darker colors are preferable. 



This class of horses is sometimes called 

 heavy harness horses because of the amount of 

 harness which they are forced to carry. They 

 are also said to come nearer answering: the duah 

 purpose idea than an)' other type of horse. 



BREEDS OF THIS CLASS. 



1. Hackneys, a breed native of England and 

 used in the early part of the nineteenth century 

 for hauling- heavy stage-coaches in that country. 

 When railroads became common this work 

 ceased to exist and the Hackney was developed 

 toward the Coach-Horse standard. This breed 

 to-day is the height of perfection as heavy har- 

 ness-horses. 



2. Frencli Coach-Horses, as the name indi- 

 cates, are native of France. They are commonly 

 termed " demi-sancf " in their own countrv. 

 which means "half-blood," and oris^inated from 

 the fact that thev contain much Eno^lish Thop 

 ouo^hbred Idood as well as the blood of native 

 French stock. They are verv satisfactorv as 

 coach-horses. 



3. German Coach-I forses, natives of Ger- 



