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before I could get him so that he could put his head into the 

 proper place, and by pulling, breaking, twisting and rearing 

 he kept me intensely busy. At last I was successful, and, 

 like all of the best horses and best men, the harder they are 

 to manaofe the better they are in the end. What he accom- 

 plished you all know, and the picture now before you shows 

 that he had pitted against him the best riding talent of the 

 country ; he won hands down, and never threw his head 

 throughout the entire journey of three miles and a half, over 

 liverpools, water jumps, hurdles, banks, etc. 



French Coaches. 



Whereas England has gone ahead with its hackneys and 

 produced a successful type of heavy harness horse, at least 

 successful for its short distances and heavy traps, we must 

 look to see what France has done in the same line with its 

 heav}^ harness horse, namel}^ the French coach. 



But the work in France, rather than being undertaken by 

 individuals, has to a great extent been done by the govern- 

 ment, throuoh the national haras. 



The French coach horse has never been so popular in the 

 United States, — has never been so much of a fad, so to 

 speak, as the hackneys were ; at least not in the east, where 

 the principal horse shows have been held, and this is where 

 the heav}^ harness horse naturally made his reputation. 



Too much credit cannot be given J. S. Sanborn for his 

 pioneer work, so to speak, in bringing over the best French 

 coaches that could be obtained to his Elmwood stud farm at 

 Lewiston, ]\le. 



One has but to read the matter sent out by Mr. Sanborn 

 to see that he is a thorough student of French coaches, and 

 had the ideal, which we are now working for, in view, 

 namely, a heavy harness horse, which would possess action, 

 courage, great road powers, style and beautiful conforma- 

 tion. He spared no pains in importing such stallions as 

 " Gemare," "Lothaire" and others, and crossing them on 

 the native-bred stock. 



That the French coach also has a type in its mares is 

 easily seen from the picture of "Clementine;" and in 



