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coach-horse; the draft-horse and the pony. For a description of breeds 

 see dictionaries or cyclopedias. Of the draft-horses, the Percherons, 

 Shires and Clydesdales are most common; of the carriage and coach- 

 horses, the English hackney and the French and German coach-horses are 

 famed examples. Of the roadster breeds, the American trotter, the 

 American saddle-horse and the English thoroughbred are most famous. 



A good coacher. 



LESSON LXVII 

 The Horse 



Leading thought — The horse as a wild animal depended largely upon 

 its strength and fleetness to escape its enemies, and these two qualities 

 have made it of greatest use to man. 



Method — Begin this study of the horse with the stories of wild horses. 

 "The Pacing Mustang" in Wild Animals I Have Known, is an excellent 

 story to show the habits of the herds of wild horses ; Chapter first in A 

 Country Reader and the story of horses in Life of Animals are excellent as 

 a basis for study. Before beginning actual study of the domestic horses, 

 ask for oral or written English exercises descriptive of the lives of the 

 wild horses. Get Remington's pictures illustrating the wild horses of 

 America. After the interest has been thus aroused the following observa- 

 tions may be suggested, a few at a time, to be made incidentally in the 

 street or in the stable. 



Observations — i. Compare the length of the legs of the horse with its 

 height. Has any other domestic animal legs as long in proportion? 

 What habits of the ancestral wild horses led to the development of such 

 long legs? Do you think the length of the horse's neck and head corre- 

 spond to the length of its legs? Why? 



