CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION, BY J. S. SKINNER. 



The Horse, in England and America — as he has been, and as he is. .lage 17 



Lindsey's Arabian 34 



The best Races in America 35 



Best Races — Mile Heats 36 



Best Races at Two-Mile Heats', 37 



Best Races at Three-Mile Heats 38 



Best Races at Four-mile Heats 39 



Lengths of the principal Race-Courses in England 41 



Rules and Regulations of the New York Jockey Club 42 



The Hunter 48 



The American Trotter 49 



Rules and Regulations of the New York Trotting Club 64 



Trotting at Mile Heats 67 



Trotting at Two-Mile Heats 57 



Trotting at Three-Mile Heats 57 



Trotting at Four-Mile Heats 57 



Best Pacing in America on Record 58 



Miscellaneous Examples of Extraordinary Performances of American 



Trotters 58 



Extraordinary Trotting Match 60 



Trotting on the Beacon Course 63 



Centreville (L. I.) Trotting Course 63 



Trotting on the Hunting Park Course 64 



Height of Trotting Horses 64 



THE HORSE, 



HIS ANATOMY— WITH HIS DISEASES AND REMEDIES. 



BY WILLIAM YOUATT. 



CHAPTER I. 

 The Zoological Classification of the Horse 67 



CHAPTER II. 

 The Sensorial function 6* 



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