LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Extremes meet Frontispiece 



Restored fossil skeleton of Eohippus Facing 8 



Asiatic White Ass 9 



Prjevalski's Horse 10 



Burchell Zebra 11 



Skeleton of pulling draft horse 27 



Breeding Hopples 65 



Mares and foals in pasture 93 



Finished drafters ready to ship Ill 



The Armour champion draft geldings 114 



A Mulassiere stallion 155 



A Percheron type — Imported 160 



A Percheron type — Bred on the Western Range 162 



Type of the Boulonnais 164 



A Nivernais type 165 



An Ardennais type 165 



Type of the Bretonnais drafter 165 



A Belgian type 166 



A rugged Clydesdale 173 



A Quality Clydesdale. — Type popular in Scotland 176 



A Quality Shire 178 



A Shire type popular in England 179 



Shire mare and foal 180 



A Suffolk type 183 



A typical Thoroughbred 186 



Lou Dillon, 1 :58 i/o 190 



Dan Patch, 1 :55 ' 191 



Famous sire of roadsters and speed 192 



Trotting-bred heavy harness horse 193 



French Coacher. — Trotting type 202 



French Coacher. — Carrossier type 204 



A German Coacher 206 



Yorkshire Coach stallion 211 



Hackney. — Under 15.2 hands 213 



Hackney. — Over 15.2 hands 214 



A small Hackney Pony 218 



Hackney Pony. — Medium size 219 



Five-gaited Saddle stallion 220 



A five-gaited Saddler on parade 222 



Three-gaited saddle horse 226 



Heavy-weight hunter 227 



A light-weight hunter 228 



Colorado-bred polo ponies 229 



The Celtic Pony. — An aboriginal type 230 



Group of Shetland Ponies 231 



Scotch Highland Garron 232 



A champion Welsh Pony 233 



Band of Range Horses 234 



Cayu.se or Indian pony 235 



Brilliant 239 



McQueen in his 23d year*. 240 



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