66 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 
must remain in the country for a specified term. First 
prizes are awarded only to mature horses and mares that 
have shown merit as breeders. Stallion shows have long 
been held at Aurich, in East Friesland, where the horses 
are brought annually for inspection and approval. Prizes 
for brood mares are also awarded by the government. 
67. History in America. — The history of the German 
Coach horse in America is comparatively brief. It first 
made its appearance in the United States in the eighties. 
Not much prior to 1890 did the breed receive recognition 
at American shows. <A. B. Holbert, of Greeley, Iowa, 
was one of the earliest to introduce the breed. Oltmann 
Brothers, of Illinois, and Crouch & Son, of Indiana, have 
also been most actively and prominently identified with 
its promotion in America. 
German Coach horses of importance are not as yet 
found in America in large numbers. Among the earlier 
ones imported, Moltke 13, Kaiser Wilhelm 494, Young 
Altma I 458, and Young Adonis 476, met with favorable 
comment, the latter being a successful prize-winner in 
California in 1891. In the central West, Bertus, brought 
out by Oltmann’ Brothers, and Euto and Hannibal, 
owned by Crouch & Son, have been distinguished in the 
show-ring, winning against the severest competition for 
years In succession. 
68. Description. — In describing the characteristics of a 
typical German Coach horse as seen in America (Fig. 11), 
the German Hanoverian and Oldenburg coach Horse 
Stud-book says : 
“The typical German horse is bay, brown or black, six- 
teen to sixteen and one-half hands high, and weighs 1350 to 
1450 pounds. He has a deep, round body, close ribbed, 
and well proportioned, neck long and high set on the 
