The Osceola times., 1882-12-02
IMPROVED HORSES.
Coachers, Clevelands, Normans and
Clydesdales.
Cor. Drovers' Journal.

Cor. DrONefs J0urnhl.
In the order of size there are five re-
cent importa;ions, which are selling for
actual use for two or three times the
average of American horses. The small
lest is the Coacher.
The Coachers are a distinct breed of
recent English origin, bred long enough
to make their progeny distinct, uniform
and easily matched. They are brown,
black or bay, about 400 pounds, l6l
hands high, long bodied, with long, slop-
ing quarters, long, arched necks. fleet,
capable and powerful. They mature
very early, and at three years old are in
great request for the city market by
buyers who pay from 300 to 5000 per
pair and sell them for twice AS much.
They are cross of the Cleveland Bay
and thoroughbred, and may be repro
duced in this country by cross Of the
Cleveland Bay and Morgan.
The Cleveland Bay, l6l hands, 1850
pounds, long, rang, high-headed, high
steppers, fast walkers, strong pullers and
great travellers, good for ten miles an
hour with carriage load, or five with a
wagon load fine carriage horse; a
noble draft horse and magnificent
all-purpose horse he must be the COM
ing horse.
When Virginia imported the thorough
bred New England imported the Cleye-
land, and laid the foundation of stock
in the North twice as valuable as that in
the South. A fresh infusion of the New
England Clevelands, much smaller and
faster than of old, will give us the horse
We need.
The Norman gray or black, l6l hands,
| 200 10 1000 pounds; he is blocky, com
pact, close ribbed, short necked, with
high head, clear eye, fine ear, expanded
nostrils, broad chest, powerful legs and
immense muscles. He is descended frem
slres as well as dams that are worked.
In France the horses are all kept entire,
and those of most value are kept for
breeding, but are still put 10 hard work,
and made and kept strong, hardy, heal
thy, quiet and well broken. Like
produces like, and the stock is the most
powerful, docile and useful in France.
The Norman is the general favorite i'm
ported more than all other horses and
fixed better and better the more he is
known His colts sell better the more
there are of them. A shipper has Just
paid from S225 to $500 each for a car
load at Bloomington. He is the favor
ite.
The English draft; or Shire horse is a
black or bay about IL hands high, l,s0O
pounds, short. blocky, compact, heavy
boned and muscled, back short, shoulders
and loins long and powerful, legs large
and firm; a horse of intelligence and do
cilitv, of even temper, ready and agree
able worker, of prodigious strength and
great endurance. He crosses well with
other stock and sells high. He is a treas
ure. he sure and get him.
The Clydesdales are a strain of the En-
glish draft horse. of recent origin in Scot
land, deseended from black horse of
extraordinary symmetry and vigor, and
of special potency in transmission. They
are black, bay OF brindle, with AMI les and
face often white, about seventeen hands
and 1000 pounds, bodies long and re-
markably cylindrical from end to end:
legs large. round and hairy, often having
a sort of name on the fetlocks covering
the hoofs. They are remarkably quiet
and docile, even workers, staunch and
nightly.
They nick remarkably well with COM