LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Extremes meet Frontispiece 



Restored fossil skeleton of Eohippus Facing 8 



Asiatic White Ass 9 



Prjevalski's Horse 10 



Burchell Zebra H 



Skeleton of pulling draft horse 27 



Breeding Hopples 65 



Mares and foals in pasture 93 



Finished drafters ready to ship Ill 



The Armour champion draft geldings 114 



A Mulassiere stallion 155 



A Percheron type Imported 160 



A Percheron type Bred on the Western Range 162 



Type of the Boulonnais 164 



A Nivernais type 165 



An Ardennais type 165 



Type of the Bretonnais drafter 165 



A Belgian type 166 



A rugged Clydesdale 173 



A Quality Clydesdale. Type popular in Scotland 176 



A Quality Shire 178 



A STiire type popular in England 179 



Shire mare and foal 180 



A Suffolk type 183 



A typical Thoroughbred : 186 



Lou Dillon, 1:58% 190 



Dan Patch, 1 :55 191 



Famous sire of roadsters and speed 192 



Trotting-bred heavy harness horse 193 



French Coacher. Trotting type 202 



French Coacher. Carrossier type 204 



A German Coacher 206 



Yorkshire Coach stallion 211 



Hackney. Under 15.2 hands 213 



Hackney. Over 15.2 hands 214 



A small Hackney Pony 218 



Hackney Pony. Medium size 219 



Five-gaited Saddle stallion 220 



A five-gaited Saddler on parade 222 



Three-gaited saddle horse 226 



Heavy-weight hunter 227 



A light-weight hunter 228 



Colorado-bred polo ponies 229 



The Celtic Pony. An aboriginal type 230 



Group of Shetland Ponies 231 



Scotch Highland Garron 232 



A champion Welsh Pony 233 



Band of Range Horses 234 



Cayuse or Indian pony 235 



Brilliant 239 



McQueen in his 23d year 240 



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