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JUDGING LIGHT HORSES 



the legs when in action is characteristic of the desired move- 

 ment in this type of horse. 



Breed Characteristics. — The heavy harness group includes 

 three rather significant breeds and one other, the Cleveland 

 Bay, not of special importance in this country. From the 

 standpoint of market and show ring classes, this group 

 or type includes four regular classes, namely: coach, park. 



Fig. 45. — French Coach stallion. 



cob, cab, and the runabout, which is intermediate between 

 the heavy and light harness types. 



French Coach. — The French Coach breed was originally a 

 Demi-sang or Half-blood. Because of this fact the breed is 

 not as uniform in type as those which have been purer bred for 

 a specific purpose, keeping the blood lines intact, as in all 

 recognized pure breeds. The type of the French Coach is 

 somewhat rangier and more upstanding than the German 

 Coach. The height averages about 16 hands and the weight 



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