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INDEX. 



Horse, The 



French Horse in Ohio 487 



French Horse in Illinois 488 



Percheron Horse, Model for. 490 



Percheron Mare, Model for.. 491 



French Horse in motion 493 



Norman Horse again 493 



Canadian Horses 495 



Their origin 496 



Climate and environment. 497 



English Draft 498 



Effect of soil and climate.. 500 



Heavy Black English 500 



Points of English Dray... 501 



Scotch Draft 501 



Boulonuaise and Conestoga.. 504 



Cleveland Bays 506 



Horse, the Farmer's 508 



Horse, Fast-trotting 511 



Early records of trotting 512 



First trot for money in America 512 



Trotting-clubs organize 512 



Messenger Trotters 513 



Light vehicle introduced 514 



Trotting ability discovered 515 



Description of great sires : 



Diomed 515 



Canada Trotters 517 



Mambrino family 518 



Running Blood in Trotters 519 



Remarkable Trio 522 



Noted Double Teams 522 



Element of Running Blood.... 523 



.Maud S 524 



Horse-will near to stubbornness 525 



Goldsmith Maid 525 



Power of kindness 526 



Dexter 526 



Hambletonians, The 527 



The Russian Trotter 529 



Horse-breeding 533 



Jacob a color-specialist 533 



Bake well bred for quality 534 



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Horse-breeding 



Heredity 535 



Atavism 535 



Pedigree, Value of. 536 



Earliest records of. 537 



High breeding more than ap- 

 pearance 537 



Breeding back 538 



Breeding for color of Short-Horn 



cattle 538 



Breeding for color of Berkshire 



swine 538 



The law essential to improve- 

 ment 539 



Breed for a special purpose 539 



American farmers not careful 



enough 539 



English farmers more careful... 540 



Breeding for increased size 541 



Increase size gradually 541 



Breeding for docility 542 



Vice follows vice 542 



Work the breeders 543 



Evils of confinement 543 



Endurance may be increased... 544 



Family trait important 544 



Effect of short race 544 



In-and-in breeding 545 



Defects inheritable 545 



Close breeding 545 



In-and-in breeding necessary... 546 

 General principles of breeding. 546 



Cross-breeding 550 



Doubtful advantages 551 



Difficulties attending 552 



Mania for out-crossing 552 



Grades better than crosses 553 



Grade or cross-bred sires to be 



avoided 553 



Large male and small female 



crossed 553 



Difficulties in parturition 554 



Uses of cross-breeding 554 



