CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTIOK 



CHAPTER T 



EAULY HISTORY OF THE HORSE 



The horse of Scripture— The Greek horse— That of the Romans— The Arab of 

 antiquity — Egyptian, Libyan, Numidian, and Moorish horses — The o"iginf.l 

 British liorse— Ancient methods of using the horse 1 



CHAPTER II 



NATURAL HISTORY AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 



Synonyms and classification in the scale of creation — Habits — External form as 

 indicated by points— Proportions — Period of maturity — Average age — Periodical 

 moulting— Mental development — Small stomach 7 



CHAPTER III 



THE HORSES OF THE EAST 



The Barb — The Egyptian horse — The Dongola horse — The Burma and Manipur 

 ponies — Sumatra and Java ponies — Chinese and Corean ponies — Japanese horses 

 —The modei-n Arab — The Persian horse — The Turkish horse — Other Asiatic 

 horses — East Indian horses — The Australian horse — South African horses . . 19 



CHAPTER IV 



THE HORSES OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE 



The South American horse — The Mustang — The Morgan horse — The Indian pony — 

 The Canadian horse — The American trotter — The American thoroughbred — The 

 Vermont cart-horse— The Conestoga draught-horse 38 



CHAPTER V 



EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL HORSES 



Spanish and Portuguese horses — The Italian horse — The German horse — The French 

 horse-^The Flemish horse— The Hanoverian hoi'se — The Russian horse — Nor- 

 wegian and Swedish horses ........... 56 



CHAPTER VI 



THE ENGLISH THOROUGHBRED HORSE 



General historj' — The English thoroughbred horse of 1750 — His origin — The modern 

 thoroughbred — Increase of size and symmetry — Comparative stoutness — Early 

 maturity — Object of encouraging the breed — Essentials in the thoroughbred — 

 Purity of blood — External formation — Height — Colour — Coat, mane, and tail — 

 The thoroughbred hunter and steeplechaser 67 



