German coach stallion imported SOCRATES, owned by Mr. John Parrott, 

 San Francisco, California. At the San Francisco Horse Show this stallion 

 was first prize winner in the stallion class for coachers. 



A Cleveland Bay coach stallion, first prize winner at the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Society Show in 1899. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE GERMAN COACH HORSE 



|^HE GERMAN coach horse is representative of the larger breeds coming within 

 the coach class. The type of the best carries with it the smoothness and the 

 full development of muscular regions which give powerful movement and at the 

 same time fullness of form Substance, meaning thereby the possession of a strong 

 frame, shown especially in the bone below the kuee, is one of the features which 

 has a pre-eminent place in tho qualities desired by the adherents of the breed. 

 Soundness of joints and cleanness of limb are qualities which must be secured in 

 horses suitable for the purpose of these, and the show ring inspection should be 

 directed clearly towards discountenancing undue roughness of structure, loose- 

 ness of joints. The colors are bay, brown and black, and these are rarely broken 

 by splashes or other striking markings. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE CLEVELAND BAY HORSE 



*|HJIS BREED, taking its name from its native district in England, has for its 

 characteristic color different shades of bay with black points. Being bred for 

 the heaviest carriage work, a representative of this breed should stand sixteen 

 hands high, somewhat large in size, and with more evidence of power than most 

 other breeds of light horses. While possessing substance and symmetry, there 

 should not be any deficiencies in evidence such as rough joints, coarse bone and 

 lack of action for carriage purposes. Their size, power and evenness of disposition 

 adapt them for general work on light farms or for heavy carriage work in the cities 

 As the sphere of this breed has not demanded the action called for in the lighter 

 coach breeds, true coach action has not been commonly associated with its mem- 

 bers, but, more or less, the critical judge should look for it in the show ring as in all 

 coach classes. 



