148 MANAGEMENT AND BREEDING OF HORSES 



Pepino (1413), by Perfection, and out of Tempest, 

 with 2-] recorded produce; Vengeur (2525), by Ja- 

 gellon, and out of Bettina, with 29 recorded produce; 

 and Regent, by Leverant, and out of Norma, with 26 

 recorded produce. The following mares are among the 

 more famous, and each have ten or more recorded produce 

 in Volume I : Hirondelle (166), by Niger,and Paquerette 

 (169), by Omega, each with 14 recorded produce ; Gazelle 

 (409), by Oriental, Godabal (626), by Seneschal, and Verta 

 (19), by Tamar, each with 11 recorded produce; and 

 Eclatante (1006), by Courtesan, Genevieve II (361), by 

 Stade, Goelette (165), by Rivoli, and Ordonnance (847), 

 by Oronet, each with 10 recorded produce. 



Description of the French Coach horse. — This breed 

 presents much variation in general conformation, and 

 will be described as consisting of two types, the coach 

 type proper, which is the most common in America, and 

 the trotting type, ver)^ popular in France. 



The Coach type. — This is the larger and smoother sort, 

 the stallions averaging 16 hands high and the mares 15.2 

 hands. The most acceptable weight for the stallion is 

 about 1,350, with mares at 1,200 pounds. This type is 

 rather upstanding, carrying the head and tail high. The 

 animals are smooth and symmetrical, with very graceful 

 movements, having fairly high and bold knee and hock 

 action. The head is intelligent and of medium size ; the 

 neck is graceful and of good length ; the shoulders arc 

 long and sloping; the body is well rounded and snugly 

 ribbed with well-muscled loin, giving a short, strong 

 back; the croup is full and of medium length; and the 

 quarters long and powerfully muscled. The knees and 

 hocks are strong and clean ; the cannons short, with 

 tendons well detached, with pasterns moderately sloping 

 and feet dense and elastic. In general appearance, there 

 is an airiness and gracefulness about the French Coach 

 that is difficult to find in any other coacher, with the 



