THE BREEDS OF HORSES. 239 



deml-sang in France and are so classed in the 

 prize lists for the horse shows of that country. 

 They are also sometimes spoken of in France as 

 Normans, from the fact that they are chiefly 

 bred in what was formerly known as Nor- 

 mandy. 



It is only within a recent period that French 

 Coach horses have attracted attention at the 

 hands of American importers and breeders; the 

 draft horses of that country having largely 

 monopolized the attention of American stock- 

 raisers traveling in France. But within the 

 past ten years the growing demand for stylish, 

 high-stepping coach horses in America has led 

 to the importation of French Coachers in con- 

 siderable numbers. The course of breeding 

 that has produced these horses in France is 

 much the same as that which has created the 

 modern Cleveland Bay of England, the blood 

 of the Thoroughbred largely predominating in 

 both, the chief difference being in the mares 

 that have constituted the basis. 



It must not be understood from what has 

 been said in the foregoing that the breeding of 

 Coach horses is carried on throughout all of 

 France, nor that the use of Thoroughbred stal- 

 lions is no\v discouraged by the Government. 

 It is only in the departments of Orne, Calvados, 

 Manche, Seine-Infeieure, and a part of Eure 

 that the attention of the Government is especi- 



