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"Freddie" wc have one of the most attractive crosses from 

 a native mare. 



Long before Mr. Sanborn started liis good work, so to 

 speali, Dunham, the western importer at Oakland Farm, 

 Fort Wayne, Ind., liad taken pains to import tlie finest 

 coach stallions that could possibh^ be obtained in France ; 

 and from the illustration, "America leads in horse importa- 

 tion," now shown, you will see that McLaughlin Bros, not 

 only wanted to win all there was to win in America, but 

 went further, and purchased, from time to time, all the best 

 stallions that could be obtained in France, and showed them 

 before importation. 



The French coach has one point which makes him a most 

 desirable stock horse, and that is, that he has fifty to sevent}'- 

 five per cent of thoroughbred blood in him ; and this type 

 of horse was no doubt produced by the crossing of the 

 thorouohbred on the Norman or Percheron mares. 



The family of French coach horses, taken as a whole, 

 show more of the beautiful curve and type of the thorough- 

 bred than the hackneys ; and many of the horses imported 

 by Mr. Sanborn were closeh' related to some of the best 

 winners on the tracks of France. For instance, the grand- 

 sire and great grand-sire of ' ' Gemare " were the begetters 

 of trotters that were winners to the amount of 500,000 

 francs. 



To give you the best possible ilhistration of the crossing 

 of a French coach on a trotting-bred marc, I would show 

 you the picture of "Queenston." This beautiful saddle 

 mare was bred by C. J. and Harry Hamlin at the Village 

 Farm, and was the result of sending out a number of their 

 " Mambrino King" mares to the Dunham Farm at Fort 

 Wayne to be bred to " Perfection ;" and certainlj^ "Queens- 

 ton" shows that she was bred to perfection, as a more perfect 

 animal of her type is hard to be found. 



At the Boston horse show in the saddle classes she was 

 almost invincible ; at the (Jrafton (Vnintry Club horse show 

 she carried all before her, even to the combination class ; 

 and at Newport won on Tuesday, and on Wednesday the 

 clianipionslup for the best saddle liors(> in the show. 



