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policy ; for our patrons are not of a class who will be satisfied with 

 inferior animals though purchased at lower j)rices. « 



Only French Coachers of the best breeding, with well-established 

 pedigrees, combined with superior individual merit, should be im- 

 ported — and for them and their produce we predict a greater degree 

 of popularity than has ever been accorded any other breed of horses 

 in the world. With all the strength and endurance necesijiary for per- 

 forming farm or other heavy labor, they still have the ease and ele- 

 gance of action that is characteristic of their Thoroughbred ancsters. 

 They are indeed a magnificent race of horses, and the Ca. adian 

 equine history of the next ten years will verify the truth of this 

 prediction. 



Confident that no horses of this breed have ever been brought 

 from France accompanied by the records of finer lineage or possessing 

 higher individual qualities than these described in the following pages, 

 we submit them to the criticism of all who desire to insi)ect or pur- 

 chase, with full confidence that they will prove as valuable and 

 successful in Canada as their ancestors have in France. 



NOTES FROM PRANCE. 



The demand this year for the French Coacher is on the increase. 

 Nearly every importer has taken one or two over on trial ; but I am 

 sorry to say, generally speaking, these men know little of our grand 

 French horse, and are taking over horses that will do more harm than 

 good to the future trade of America. Just mind what I say. . There 

 is no such a thing as a cheap Coacher, especially for breeding pur- 

 poses. You need not come here to buy what you can find in your 

 own country. Light-boned, no-actioned horses are to be found by 

 thousands here but the genuine high-stepping, high-bred Coacher is 

 scarce and difficult to buy. The prices are high, because the French 

 Government is always there to buy the good ones, consequently you 

 must buy younger stock. This applies to dealers who want to make 

 money out of them. But for the genuine breeder who wants one or 

 two stallions to cover let him not flinch at the price, for if he does 

 not get the good one he wants and has seen the government will have 

 him. A great trade and future there is in America for the Coacher. 

 Rich men now travel a good deal, and are gradually getting educatai 

 to our system of high, slow stepping pairs, drawing heavy broughams 

 and victorias through the streets of Paris and London, and are be- 



