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MANAGEMENT AND BREEDING OF HORSES 



ful loins and short legs, and possesses stylish action. 

 The French coach horse is large, though smooth, with a 

 body of good length, an arching neck, strong loin and 



level croup. The 

 German coach 

 horse is still larger, 

 with a broad deep 

 body, powerful 

 loins and legs of 

 good length. The 

 Cleveland bay 

 coach horse is more 

 upstanding, with a 

 rather long, though 

 symmetrical body, 

 sloping shoulders 

 and a high, broad 



Mare "Queen CrOUp. The aCtion 



of the French 

 coach, German coach and Cleveland bay is long and 

 powerful, rather than high and stylish, as in the Hackney. 



Table Giving Name, Native Country, Height, Weight, 

 Uses and Color of Each of the Breeds of Coach 

 Horses 



Fig. 53. — Coach Breed. Hackney 

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