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of many specimens brought to this country, seen by the writer, the 

 German Coach varies materially in size and quality. Coarseness is 

 not uncommon, as seen in large heads and joints with more or less 

 grossness of bone. In action there is a wide difference of merit 

 and, from the coach-horse point of view, frequent deficiency. A 

 superior folding of knee and flexing of hock, with desirable activity, 

 is not a prevailing attribute of American specimens of the breed. 



FIG. 28. Hannibal, a German Coach stallion, imported by Crouch & Son, 



Lafayette, Indiana. A prize winner of the highest rank at many shows. 



From photograph by the author 



The type of German Coach horse seen in America possesses 

 some considerable variation. In 1893, at the World's Columbian 

 Exposition at Chicago, an exhibit of over eighty German Coach 

 horses was made, including special exhibits from Germany made 

 by the Oldenburg Agricultural Society, the Hanoverian Agri- 

 cultural Society of central Germany, and the East Friesland 

 Head Agricultural Society. There was some considerable varia- 

 tion in the types shown, and following the awards by German 



