INDEX. 



Arabian, The type horse 51 



Good tempered 60 



Crops imparts endurance 59 



Qualities obtained from 75 



Cross-breeds easy to raise 61-63 



Disproportionately small legs. . .63 



Labor at three years 61 



Larger than their sires 62-68 



Square trotters 50 



Surest to turn out well 62 



Stallions offer quick and sure 



means of improvement 45 



Breeders 13 



Temptation to sell 8-22-27 



Breeding Centers 92 



Breeding In-and-in fixes character.. 18 

 Systematic. Opposition of the 



Army 73 



System of 46-62 



Brittany Horse 21-27 



Cattle, Charollaise breed 72 



Cotentin breed 37 



Maine breed 90 



Percherou breed 89 



Colts, Cost of rearing 23 



Food of 23-85 



Sale of at six months old 23-84 



Sold to Beauce farmers . 24 



Troubled with strangles 86 



Weaning 85 



Worked at fifteen months 23 



" Cross-bred Horse." .54 



Crossing; with the Thoroughbred 55 



Eastern Blood imported 18 



Stallions at Pin 20 



Brought from the Crusades. .17-18 

 English and Danish Stallions at Pin.20 



English Horses, Spurious 56 



In the Crimea and Italy 54 



Too nervous for draft 69 



English Thoroughbred 39 



Care required in rearing 61 



Cross successful if used with 



judgment 64 



Discouraging results 68 



Fractious and nervous 61 



Introduced into France 28 



Its Progeny heavy consumers 68 



Possession tends to dissipation. . 9 



The Horse of Fashion 9 



Fairs, Improvement by means of 72 



Forage Plants 13 



Fillies, Treatment of 87 



Horse Association of Perche 31 



Improvement by foreign crossings.. .48 



By Selection 33-37 



By the Arab Cross 51 



Means of 32 



Preparation of land for 49 



Preparation of a breed for 49-51 



In-and-in breeding 38 



Useful in establishing a family or 



breed 39 



Intelligence of an Arabian 58 



Of "Lapin." 58 



Interbreeding 3S 



Land thorough culture essential 13 



Loads usual for English and French 



horses 69 



Mares, Care of Brood 23 



Mares, Never sell good 34 



" Natural Horse." 54 



Norfolk Stallion, Description 55 



Perche, Department of Geography, 

 Topography, and Agricultural 



character 11 



Effects of soil and climate on 



other animals 88 



Horses exported annually from. 42 

 Introduction of foreign mares, 



extensive since 1830 27 



Loss of the best stock 27-29-30 



Percheron Breeders' character 82 



Percheron Horse, Arabian Origin.. . .17 



Characteristics 7-15-22 



Cared for by Women andChildren 8 



Color ....40 



Color Gray the favorite 41 



Color Non-essential 43 



Coming in Fashion 45 



Degeneracy 26-28 



Demand for Export ^..79 



Difficulty of finding horses free 



from Foreign blood 28-30 



Docility 8 



Eftbrts to stop the exodus of good 



stock 29 



First among serviceable breeds.. 10 



Feat of endurance 99 



Food and Breeding 83 



Freedom from Spavin, etc . . 8 



Heavy Draft Type, how obtained.47 



Height 14 



List of exploits on the turf 97 



Mares, little pastured 12 



Modern modification of the breed20 



" Omnibus Type," how obtained46 



Prices realized by the farmers . . 23- 



25-26-29 



" Primitive Type." 52 



Proof of an Ancient breed 19 



Separation of the Sexes 16 



Sold at Chartres 26 



Speed and Bottom 95 



Strength of the type 22 



Three classes? ..15-44 



"Primitive Horse." 53 



Prizes, System of awards 34 



Given for Size, and for trotting. .31 



Recapitulation 75 



Sheep, Percheron breed 90 



Soil, Influence of 53 



Stallions,Brittany and others, brought 



into Perche 30 



Not used before four years old. . .36 

 Quarter-blood Eng., preferable 



to full-blood 76 



Stud-book 35 



Strangers, Information for 81 



Stud-book,Improvement by means of 71 



