CONTENTS. XV 



PAGE 



— -Hungarian Horses — Polish Horses — Italian Horses — Russian 

 Horses — Swedish and Norwegian Horses . . . .497-559 



CHAPTER XXXI. - 



AMERICAN HORSES. 



Cow-ponies and Range Horses — U.S. Draught Horses — ■ U.S. 

 Thorough-breds and Half-breds — U.S. Carriage Horses — -Trotters 

 — Pacers — -South American Horses ..... 560-598 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



ASIATIC AND NORTH AFRICAN HORSES. 



Mongolian Ponies — -Turkish Horses — -Persian Horses — -Arab Horses — 

 North African Horses — ^East Indian Horses — Burma and Manipuri 

 Ponies— Sumatra Ponies — Corean Ponies — -Japanese Ponies . 599-639 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



WILD HORSES. 



Prjevalsky's horse — The Tarpan . . . . . , . 640-650 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 



ASSES, ZEBRAS AND EQUINE HYBRIDS. 



Geographical Distribution of A\'ild Asses — -Domestic Ass and Nubian 

 Wild Ass — Somaliland AVild Ass — Onager — Syrian Wild Ass — 

 Kiang — Mountain Zebra — Burchell's Zebra — -Chapman's Zebra — - 

 Grant's Zebra — Crawshay's Zebra — Grevy's Zebra — Quagga — Horse 

 and Ass Hybrids — Horse and Zebra Hybrids . . . . 651-673 



CHAPTER XXXV. 



EVOLUTION OF THE HORSE. 



General Remarks - — ■ Hyracotherium — Protorohippus — Orohippus — 

 Epihippus — Mesohippus bairdii — Mesohippus intermedius — Mio- 

 hippus — Protohippus — Pliohippus - — Pleistocene Equidse — Pre- 

 historic horses — Causes of structural changes — Horses of the 

 future . . . . . . . * . . . 674-702 



CHAPTER XXXVI. 

 Photographing horses 703-704 



CHAPTER XXXVII. 

 Proportions of the horse ....... 705-707 



CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

 The painter's horse 70S-717 



