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THE HORSE 



FlG. 15. French coach stallion Paladin, 1968 



Championship winner over all coach and carriage breeds, including hackneys, 

 German coachers, trotters, thoroughbreds and Cleveland Bays, Chicago 

 Horse Show, 1897. 



Bred, owned and now in service at Oaklawn Farm, 

 Wayne, Du Page County, Illinois. 



throughout the country; hence the breeding of horses 

 specifically for cavalry use was confined chiefly to the 

 departments of Orne, Calvados and Seine-Inferieure. 

 Description. The color of the French coach -horse 

 may be bay, chestnut or black, though bays are far 

 the most common and universally selected by Ameri- 



