. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. So THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE a smaller, more cobby type of coacher, or French trotter, that is highly valued by the French for its speed quality. The French Coach is characterized by very good length of body, with a long, somewhat arching neck and a long, wide, level croup. The trot of this breed is long and powerful, rather than high and trappy like the Hackney. The French have sought strong bone and excellent feet and great speed for a heavy type of trotter. There is not a great variation in color, bay in varying shades and brown being most commo
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. So THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE a smaller, more cobby type of coacher, or French trotter, that is highly valued by the French for its speed quality. The French Coach is characterized by very good length of body, with a long, somewhat arching neck and a long, wide, level croup. The trot of this breed is long and powerful, rather than high and trappy like the Hackney. The French have sought strong bone and excellent feet and great speed for a heavy type of trotter. There is not a great variation in color, bay in varying shades and brown being most common. Of 147 stallions and mares owned at o"ne time by two of the leading dealers in the United States there were 90 bays or brown bays, 29 browns, 17 blacks, and 11 chestnuts. The French race track, which is either two and one-half or two miles long, is over a course of turf. The sod track causes a high knee action and long stride as well as a strong, well-flexed hock movement. Speed records of French Coachers. As might naturally be supposed, the use of stallions from high-class speed ancestry on French mares produced fast trotters. The horses of France, however, have never made as fast time as those of America. In 1873 Niger trotted 2^ miles in 6:55, while up to 1877 the fastest record was by Pactole, who made 2| miles in 6:38. In 1891 there were 1399 contestants in races, 312 of which trotted races from 2 to 3| miles at less than 3 minutes per mile, 137 under 2:50, 112 under 2:45, and 62 under 2:40. The distribution of the French Coach horse is confined almost ex- clusively to France, although in the past the breed was extensively Digitized by Microsoft®. Fig. 27. A French Coach mare on pasture in Cal vados. From photograph by the author. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S
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