INDEX 



809 



introduction of Belgian, to America, 

 124; light harness, 40; link between 

 prehistoric and modern, 6 ; man and 

 the prehistoric, 6 ; modern Shire, 151 ; 

 money paid for standard-bred, 61 ; 

 native home of Belgian, 121; native 

 home of Clydesdale, 134; native 

 home of German Coach, 82 ; native 

 home of Percheron, 95 ; native home 

 of Suffolk, 160; neck of light 

 harness, 40; notable Arabs, 13; 

 notable recent-day Belgians, 130; 

 organizations for promoting the Bel- 

 gian, 131 ; organizations for promot- 

 ing the Percheron, 115; organizations 

 for promoting the Shire, 159; origin 

 of French Coach, 79 ; Park, 68 ; pas- 

 terns of light harness, 41 ; prices 

 for Belgian, 131 ; prices for Suf- 

 folk, 167; production of, in Bel- 

 gium, 121 ; promotion of Suffolk, 

 167; shoulders of light harness, 40; 

 size of American saddle, 33 ; sound- 

 ness of Shire, 156; subclasses of 

 heavy harness, 68; tracing the evo- 

 lution of, 4; two ancient breeds in 

 Belgium, 121; type of heavy harness, 

 64; type of German Coach, 83; 

 value of Thoroughbred, in develop- 

 ing American saddle, 32; very early 

 history of Shire, 148; weight of 

 draft, 89; world- wide distribution 

 of, in prehistoric times, i 



Horse associations, American Per- 

 cheron, 116; German Coach, 84; 

 National French Draft, 120 



Horse breeding, in England, special 

 region of Shire, 148; in Germany, 

 early records of, 82 ; methods em- 

 ployed by Belgian government to 

 encourage, 122 



Horse racing, in Great Britain, 18; in 

 France, 78 



Humphrey, William, 576 



Hybrid, mule a, 192 



Immunity of Mule-Foot to cholera, 



760 

 Importation to America, of Corriedale, 



657; of milch goat, 681 ; Improved 



Black-Top Spanish Merino, 513 ; of 



Thoroughbred, 24 



Improved Chester White, the Ohio, 740 

 Improved Essex, establishment of, 774 

 Improvement, of Duroc- Jersey, 709; 



early, of Hampshire Down, 576; 



early, of Percheron, 97; of Essex, 

 774; first, of Leicester, 618; first, of 

 native Berkshire, 690; and protec- 

 tion of cattle "on Guernsey, 387 ; 

 of Rambouillet, 520; of Tamworth, 

 792 



Improvers, earliest, of Aberdeen-Angus, 

 280; distinguished early, of Short- 

 horn, 208; early, of Ayrshire, 413; 

 early, of Devon, 473 ; early, of Large 

 Yorkshire, 784; early, of Poland- 

 China, 724; early foundation, of 

 Merino in America, 497; important 

 early, of Southdown, 537; two early 

 prominent, of Shropshire, 554 



Indian ponies, mustangs, or bronchos, 

 173 



Infantado Merinos, 492 



Interest family, the Financial-, 340 



Interest family, the Owl-, 346 



Introduction to America, of Aberdeen- 

 Angus, 283; of Angora goat, 667; 

 of Ayrshire, 414; of Berkshire, 693; 

 of Black-faced Highland, 652; of 

 Brown Swiss, 464; of Cheviot, 599; 

 of Cleveland Bay, 85; of Cotswold, 

 629; of Devon, 475; of Dexter, 442; 

 of Dorset Horn, 587; of Dutch 

 Belted, 428; of Essex, 775; of Gal- 

 loway, 302 ; of German Coach, 82 ; 

 of Guernsey, 389 ; of Hackney, 72 ; 

 of Hampshire Down sheep, 578; of 

 Hampshire pig, 751; of Hereford, 

 256; of Holstein-Friesian, 358; of 

 jack, 188; of Jersey, 327; of Kara- 

 kul, 660; of Large Black, 762; 

 of Large Yorkshire, 784; of Leices- 

 ter, 620; of Lincoln, 637; of Merino, 

 495; of Mule-Foot, 759; of Oxford 

 Down, 568; of Percheron, 102; of 

 Rambouillet, 521; of Red Polled, 

 452; of Shropshire, 555; of Small 

 Yorkshire, 770; of Southdown, 540; 

 of Suffolk sheep, 607 ; of Tamworth, 

 793; of Tunis, 613; of West High- 

 land, 311 



Irish grazier as a factor in Poland- 

 China history, 723 



Isabella tribe, 215 



Island-bred families, 339 



Island-bred Jersey sires, comparison 

 of native with, 348; 



Island of Jersey, 323 



Jacks, American, 185; Andalusian, 

 183; associations promoting jennets 



