108 THE HOUSE 



coachers since so many streets now present smooth, 

 well-graded surfaces, and since the art of building 

 strong light vehicles by using steel and wood in 



By permission " Rider and Drive* " 



FIG. 1(5. Imported German coach stallion 

 Property of J. Crouch & Son, Lafayette Stock Faim, Lafayette, Ind. 



the most scientific combinations has been acquired, 

 the effort should be to lighten the weight and draft 

 of the coach rather than to increase the size of the 

 coacher. But the fact still remains that large coachers, 



