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to 16 hands and weigh 1,200 to 1,400 pounds. This breed is 

 characterized l.y a good length of black, a long, somewhat arching 

 neck, and a long, wide, level cronp. The trot of this breed is 

 long and powerful instead of high and trappy like the Hackney. 

 The color varies through different shades of bay, brown, aiid 

 black. 



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The French Coach is suited for the production of large strong 

 and handsome coach, carriage and wagon horses, when mated 

 with mares that are possessed of suitable conformation and 

 quality. Suitable mating with American trotting-bred stock pro- 

 duces a superior class of carriage horse. 



Registration 

 The French Coach breed is promoted by the French Coach 

 Horse Society of America. The secretary of this association is 

 Duncan E. Willett, Oak Park, 111. 



GERMAN COACH 



History 

 The German Coach originated in Germany, especially the north- 

 western part, in the states of Hanover, Oldenburg, \Schleswig- 

 Holstein and in the district of East Friesland. The coach hors^'e 

 breeds of Germany have been formed by mating native mares of 

 Germany with horses imported from the Orient, England, Den- 

 mark, and other important horse countries of the world. The 

 breed is therefore of composite origin. Government supervision 

 of horse breeding in Germany has existed for centuries. Laws 

 were passed prohibiting the use of stallions unless they had passed 

 a satisfactory government inspection. At the present time both 

 the government and agricultural societies promote the intelligent 

 breeding of horses. Animals of special merit are awarded prizes 

 and must be kept in the country for a stated period of time. 



Characteristics 

 Owing to the conditions existing in Germany several types of 

 German Coach hoisos lun-o arisen. The l)est kiKn\ii types are the 



