Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-03-07
The Oldenburg German Coach
Horse.

his son, DIR. Karl H. Kolbe, had be-
come the owners OF a fine German
Coach stallion; we will now try to
give brief history of the class of
horses known as the German Coach
horses: .... ..-
These horses are imported from
East Friesland, in the northwestern
part of Hanover, and from 0lden-
burg, which two sections comprise
the northwestern part OF Germany,
and have the richest pasture grounds
and meadows in the bottoms and
marshes of the coast of the North sea
or German ocean, but is limited to
only about ten or twelve counties.
The climate is somewhat rougher
than our own, which renders the
horse very healthy, strong and dur
able.
Under the strict rules Of the govern
ment the German Coach horse has
been bred in one line for centuries,
and history tells us that in 1908 Count
Emo III, of East Friesland, sent to
King James, of England, (the founder
of more rational system of horse
breeding in that country) four Fries
ian stations. History further tells
us that since war has ceased to be an
occupation of the powerful mobiles
and princes in that country, many of
them have made records in improv-
ing the original good stock and bring
ing it to degree of perfection before
unknown. The great German Coach
horse is the finest coach horse in the
world and of the highest type. His
points are advantageously placed
with deep and well proportioned
body, strong and clean bone under
the knee, and his feet open, round
and tough. He possesses fine, keen
action, lifts his feet high, which gives
elegance to his pace and action; he
carries his head we'll, his neck being
elevated and very rangy, long and
we'll cut-up at throttle; fine ear, well
set; broad forehead, with large intel
ligent eye; fine disposition, short
back, strong loins, long quarters,
tail well set, with disposition to carry
both head and tail high. They run
in heighth from 15a to 169 hands high,
weighing from 1900 to 1900 pounds.
They mature very young and are fit
to work at two years old. and for
breeding purposes they are horses
that produce all about one size, all
dark, deep color, and are the only
genuine coach and general purpose
horse. No horse can stand for SER
vice in Germany unless he either be-
longs to the government or has a GER
tificate of soundness, breeding and
individual appearance, issued by an
examining government committed
The owners of commissioned stall
lion are liable to prosecution if he
shall have in the same stable a non
commissioned stallion, although he
may be simply used for barn work.
When horse has such certificate he
may stand for service anywhere in
the Empire.
! Germany expends annually $780,
900 to promote and preserve the
purity of her horses. THUS we find
they have been founded and built
upon the rock, and not ON the, sand,
and this foundation has given them
speed for long distance and great en-
durance. They have been so care
fully bred by the government that an
unsound one is seldom seen. In
hardness no breed can surpass them,
and in fertility and prepotency none
can equal them. They are the horse
now in general use in Germany
They are the great plow horse, and
the same team goes to the comodious
carriage and carries it's owner safely
and swiftly to market or over the
country at an easy, cheerful ten mile
an-hour gait; and again he goes te
the ponderous four-wheeled German
sugar beet wagon and draws to the
factory, going away in a slashine
walk, with 5000 kilo 10000 pounds
on paved roads. While he is great
domestic, like his master he is prod
, igy in war. These are the cavalry
{ horses of which history tells in the
France-Prussian war. They were Sc
intelligent, gorgeous and fleet of foo
that in meeting a French troop o
horses they could charge them, re
. charge and charge again before tht
/: French troops could turn for action
} The demand for these horses will
) be best understood when we know
0 that great number of them are solt
every year in France, Italy, Switzer
land, Belgium, England, Russia, Aus
tria and South America. No hors
stands so high in the opinion of 1
South American as a prepotent sir,
as the German Coach horse. Th,
1 past few years they have been i'm
l ported to North America and the,
are most rapidly coming to the from
{ and their wonderful merits recog
9 nized.
l AS we, in America, after being bal
3 fled in breeding, use full coaehers ant
: driving horses from various cold
blooded European coaching breeds
= some of which are made up of draf
: breeds from one side, we have beel
! forced to the opinion that no bree'
!, of coach or road-horses are of an
= = value on the American farm to breet
:, unless their breeding be base,
upon an Oriental or EngIis
. thoroughbred foundation, and as W
find the German Coacher SO founde
and established, we naturally turn
h them as the long-looked-for bree
a from which we expect to rear tn
= much sought for American carriag
:; horse. As soon as their colts ar
/ old enough to be known, hitched an
i prepared for the market, we may e1
4 pect and be sure of the greatest boo1
. that we have ever experienced o
e any European breed of horses i
r America.
In the States of Indiana and I'll
nois where the German Coacher ha
If been introduced few years hene
1t and where breeders have one, tw
,s and three year old colts bred frol
the German Coach stallion an
" American mares they are alread
realizing wonderful prices if the
n want to sell those colts. Within tn
% % last two weeks two eight months oil
" colts were sold near Lafayette, Ind
n one for $110 and the other one at $9
4. the latter hY J. Crouch & Son {