* DEC 15 1911 



THE HORSE, 



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BY WILLIAM YOUATT. 



A NEW EDITION, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. 



TOGETHER WITH A 



GENERAL HISTORY OF THE HORSE; 



A DISSERTATION ON 



THE AMERICAN TROTTING HORSE, 



HOW TRAINED AND JOCKEYED, 



AN ACCOUNT OF HIS REMARKABLE PERFORMANCES; 



AND 



AN ESSAY ON THE ASS AND THE MULE, 



BY J. S. SKINNER, 



ASSISTANT POST MASTER GENERAL, AND EDITOR OF THE TURF REGISTER. 



PHILADELPHIA: 



LEA AND BLANCHARD. 



1847. 



