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may be expected. One prominent importer, who is seeking to 

 introduce the breed in the South, says in the Breeders' Gazette : 

 " We are advising our southern friends to cross their small 

 mares on the German Coach stallion, which weighs from 1300 to 

 1400 pounds, and the progeny of this cross will be a good, strong 

 serviceable horse that will do their work in the fields, can be 

 used on the roads, and is a marketable horse in every respect." 



German Coach horses of importance are not as yet known in 

 America in large numbers. Among the earlier imported Moltke 

 1 3, Kaiser Wilhelm 494, Young Altona I 458, and Young Adonis 

 476 met with favorable comment, the latter being a successful 

 prize winner in California in 1891. In the central West the 

 horses Bertus, brought out by Oltmann Bros., and Euto and 

 Hannibal, by Crouch & Son, have been distinguished specimens 

 of the breed in the show ring, winning against the severest 

 competition for years in succession. 



German Coach mares have not as yet been brought to America 

 on any scale of importance, and there has been no breeding stud 

 that has gained prominence. A very great percentage of the 

 offspring of the stallions must be grades, the product of native 

 mares. 



The distribution of German Coach horses is very widespread. 

 They may be found in various European countries, in South 

 America, South Africa, and quite widely over the United States 

 and the Canadian Northwest. For years the most prominent 

 importers, exhibitors, and promoters of the breed have had head- 

 quarters in Indiana and Illinois. 



A German Coach horse studbook of " the German, Hanoverian, 

 and Oldenburg Coach Horse," containing pedigrees of registered 

 stallions and mares imported or raised in America, has been 

 published by the association bearing this title. Two volumes 

 have been issued up to 1906. They contain the registration of 

 about eighteen hundred animals, mostly stallions. 



