16 Animal Husbandry 
Fic. 6.—The Hackney Coach horse. 
that is important at the present time, and this breed is in demand 
for fashionable equipment. 
20. The French coach horse. — The name French Coach is of 
American origin, there being no breed of that name in France. 
The term Demi-Sang, meaning half-blood, is the name in use to 
designate the Coach horse in France. This name was formerly 
applied to the offspring of English Thoroughbred and Norman 
draft horses. For more than two centuries the French govern- 
ment has given material aid to horse breeding, and the French 
Coach horse owes its present perfection to such support. 
