TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



BOOK I— PART I, 



THE HORSE.— HISTORY, MANAGEMENT, AND CHARACTERIS- 

 TICS OF THE VARIOUS BREEDS. 



CHAPTER I. 



HIS ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY. 



PAGE 



Connected with Man from the Earliest Historical Period. — I. The Horse in 

 Ancient History. — II. The Horse in Civilization. — III. Preserving Breeds 

 in Purity.— IV. The Wild Horse of To-Day.— V. Fossil Horses.— VI. 

 Horses of Asia. — VII. European Horses. — VIII. Artificial Breeding and 

 Diseases. — IX. Opinions Relating to Breeding. — X. In-Breeding of Hor- 

 ses. — XI. Value of Hereditary Characteristics. — XII. A Careful Study 

 Necessary. — XIII. About Object Lessons 41 



CHAPTER II. 



ILLUSTRATING THE ANATOMY OF THE HORSE. 



Frame-work the Index of Value. — II, Master the Details of the Skeleton. 

 — III. Division of the Several Parts. — IV. Comparative Anatomy of Man 

 and the Horse. — V. Analyzing the Skeleton. — VI. The Foot. — VII. The 

 Head and Neck. — ^VIII. Bones and Muscles of the Front Limbs. — IX. The 

 Hind Limbs 53 



CHAPTER in. 



THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM AND INTERNAL FUNCTIONS OF THE HORSE. 



The Economy of the Muscular Covering. — II. Muscles of the Head and 

 Neck. — in. Muscles of the Shoulder and Back. — IV. Muscles of the Hind- 

 er Parts. — V. Muscles of the Fore Limbs. — VI. Muscles of the Leg and 

 Foot. — VII. Studying the Structure. — VIII. Internal Economy of the 

 Horse.— IX. External Parts of the Horse 68 



CHAPTER IV. 



OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF THE HORSE AS INDICATING VALUE. 



Action the First Requisite of a Grood Horse. — ^11. Fast Walking Horses. — III. 

 Horses for Different Kinds of Work.— IV. The Head Illustrated Outwardly. 

 —V. The Body and Limbs.— VI. Bad Fore Quarters.— VII. The Body 

 as Seen From the Front.— VIII. Wha.t a Critical Horseman Said. — IX. 

 Front View, Showing Bad Fore Quarters. — X. The Hinder Parts Illus- 

 trated.— KI. The Propelling Power.- XII. What the Ancients Knew of 



Horses. — XIII. What One Need not Expect 88 



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