The Horse in the stable and the field
- 8a. Ed.
- London George Routledge and sons 1880
- 622 p 23 x 15 cm
CHAPTER I. EARLY HISTORY OF THE HORSE. PAGE The Horse of Scripture-The Greek Horse-That of the Romans-The Arab of Antiquity Originti Bittish Horse Ancient thods or Using the Horse. Numidian, and Moorish Horses-The 1 CHAPTER II. NATURAL HISTORY AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS. synonyms and Classification in the Scale of Creation- Habits-External Form, as indicated by Points- -Proportions-Period of Maturity-Average Age-Periodical Moulting-Mental Development-Small Stomach . . . CHAPTER III. THE HORSES OF THE EAST. 1 The Barb--the Egyptian Horse-The Horses of Dongola and Abyssinia— Other African Horses-The Modern Arab-The Persian Horse-The Turk. ish Horse-Other Asiatic Horses-The Australian Horse * 15 CHAPTER IV. THE HORSES OF THE WESTERN HEXISPHERE. The South American Horse-The Mustang-The Indian Pony-The Canadian Horse —The Morgan Horse-The Amercian Trotter-The Narraganset Pacer-The American Thoroughbred-The Vermont Cart-horse-The Co-nestoga Draught-horse 27 CHAPTER V. EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL HORSES. Spanish and Portuguèse Horses-The Italian Horse-The German Horse-The French Horse-The Flemish Horse-The Hanoverian Horse-The Russian Horse-The Norwegian and Swedish Horses