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evidence, but viciousness is not tolerable. This 

 class of horses are used for short drives about 

 cities where style and beauty are more sought 

 than endurance ; hence this characteristic is not 

 as marked as in the lighter horses. The solid 

 darker colors are preferable. 



This class of horses is sometimes called 

 heavy harness horses because of the amount of 

 harness which they are forced to carry. They 

 are also said to come nearer answering the dual' 

 purpose idea than any other type of horse. 



BREEDS OF THIS CLASS. 



1. Hackneys, a breed native of England and 

 used in the early part of the nineteenth century 

 for hauling heavy stage-coaches in that country. 

 When railroads became common this work 

 ceased to exist and the Hackney was developed 

 toward the Coach-Horse standard. This breed 

 to-day is the height of perfection as heavy har- 

 ness-horses. 



2. P^rench Coach-Horses, as the name indi- 

 cates, are native of France. They are commonly 

 termed " demi-sang " in their own country, 

 which means "half-blood," and originated from 

 the fact that they contain much English Thor- 

 oughbred blood as well as the blood of native 

 French stock. They are very satisfactory as 

 coach-horses. 



3. German Coach-Horses, natives of Ger- 



