German coach stallion imported SOCRATES, owned by Mr. John Par- 

 rott, 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 

 Agricultural Society Show in 1899. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE GERMAN COACH HORSE. 



THE GERMAN coach horse is representative of the larger breeds coming 

 within the coach class. The type of the best carries with it the smooth- 

 ness and the full development of muscular regions which give powerful move- 

 ment and at the same time fullness of form. Substance, meaning thereby the 

 possession of a strong frame, shown especially in the bone below the knee, 

 is one of the features which has a pre-eminent place in the 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 dis- 

 countenancing undue roughness of structure, looseness 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. 



THIS BREED, taking its name from its native district in England, has for 

 its charactertistic 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 members, but, more or less, the 

 critical judge should look for it in the show ring as in all coach classes. 



