THE FRENCH COACH HORSE 



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French Coach horse in America. — It is only recently 

 that the French Coach horse has attracted attention in 

 America. The late M. W. Dunham of Wayne, Illinois, 

 and Powell Brothers of.Springboro, Pennsylvania, were 

 the first important breeders and importers in this country 

 for years. In the early eighties extensive importations 

 were made, largely to the eastern states, though many 

 found their way westward to Ohio and Illinois. In the 

 middle west the 

 French Coach 

 horse has been 

 liberally patron- 

 ized and when the 

 foundation mares 

 were of suitable 

 type and pos- 

 sessed a fair de- 

 gree of action, a 

 high-class c a r - 

 riage horse has 

 been the product. 



At the present 

 time more French 

 Coach horses are 



being imported than any other of the coach breeds, with 

 the possible exception of the Hackney. The following 

 are among the leading breeders or importers : Dunham 

 Brothers, Wayne, Illinois; Taylor and Jones, Williams- 

 ville, Illinois; Robert Burgess & Son, Wenona, Illinois; 

 McLaughlin Brothers, Columbus, Ohio; and Singmaster 

 & Brother, Keota, Iowa. 



Notable animals. — The following stallions are among 

 the famous ones, each having 25 or more recorded produce 

 in Volume I of the French Coach Stud Book of America : 

 Perfection (993), by Bamjuls, and out of Charlotte, with 

 163 recorded produce; Paladin (1968), by Perfection, 

 and out of Modestine, with 64 recorded produce; 



Fic. E5. — French Coach Stallion "Chaudernagor" 



