CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



CHAPTER XXII. 



Condition and good looks ....... 354-361 



CHAPTER XXIII. 

 Weight-carrying and staying power ..... 362-365 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

 Blood, symmetry and compensations 366-370 



CHAPTER XXV. 



SPECIAL points OF VARIOUS CLASSES. 



The Race-horse — The Racing Pony — The Hunter and Steeplechaser — 

 The Match Trotter and Pacer — The Heavy Cart-horse — The 

 Harness-horse — The Hack — The Lady's Horse — The Cavalry 

 Trooper — The Officer's Charger — The Artillery Horse — The 

 Mounted Infantry Horse — The Light Vanner — The Polo Pony 371-395 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



EFFECTS OF CLIMATE AND SOIL ON CONFORMATION. 



Temperature — Atmospheric Moisture — Pasture — Retention of Water 



by Soil — Lime ......... 396-410 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



CLASSIFICATION OF THE EQUID^. 



General Classification — Differences between Asses and Horses — 

 Differences between Asses and Zebras — Classification of Asses — 

 Classification of Zebras — Classification of Horses . . 411-425 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



BRITISH AND IRISH HORSES. 



The Thorough-bred — Half-bred Horses — The Shire Horse — The 

 Suffolk Horse— The Hackney— The Cleveland Bay— The York- 

 shire Coach-horse — The Exmoor Pony — The Dartmoor Pony — 

 The New Forest Pony — Welsh Ponies and Horses — The Clydes- 

 dale — The Athole Garron — The Shetland Pony — Hebridean 

 Ponies — The West Highland Pony — Irish Horses and Ponies . 426-469 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



COLONIAL HORSES. 



Australasian Horses — Canadian Horses — South African Horses . 470-496 



CHAPTER XXX. 



CONTINENTAL HORSES. 



French Horses — Spanish and Portuguese Horses — German Horses 

 — Dutch and Belgian Horses — Danish Horses — Austrian Horses 



