THE IHEAVY-UARNESS BREEDS OF HORSES 63 
sacrifice of size for speed, it is asserted by the authority 
just previously quoted that a law was enacted excluding 
all horses from public races that were under fifteen and 
one-fourth hands high. 
As illustrating the conditions under which most of the 
races are held, the Derby of Rouen may be cited. It is 
worth 20,000 franes, made for three-year-olds, to be entered 
the year of their birth, and trotted in June on turf track 
two miles under saddle, fillies to carry 120 pounds, colts 
125 pounds. From these conditions and the data sub- 
mitted, it is easy to understand that the government’s 
aim is to encourage speed at the trot without sacrificing 
stamina or substance. 
62. Uses of the French Coach horse. — The use of the 
French Coach horse for carriage, cavalry and fast saddle 
purposes will have been gathered from the preceding dis- 
cussion. It remains to mention the use of French Coach 
stallions on common mares bred in America for the pro- 
duction of a grade coach horse for general city purposes. 
Considerable success has followed such efforts when pure- 
bred stallions have been used. Half- and three-quarter 
bred coachers have commanded high prices on the market. 
63. Distribution. — The French Coach horse has been 
imported into many parts of Europe and America, but 
has not been bred systematically to any great extent out- 
side of its native home. As has been said, it is found in 
America chiefly in the eastern states, Illinois and Ohio 
being, perhaps, the leaders. 
64. Organizations and records. — The stud-books de- 
voted to this breed in France are mentioned in paragraph 
58. The French Jockey Club, organized in 1833, has been 
responsible for much of the development of the breed. 
The French Coach is represented in America by the 
