CONTENTS. xix 



SECTION SEVENTH. 



THE APTITUDES OR THE SERVICES. 

 CHAPTER I. 



PAGE 



RACE-HORSES 825. 



A. Running-Horse 825 



B. Steeple-Chaser 827 



C. Trotters (in Harness or under the Saddle) 829 



CHAPTER II. 



HORSES OF LUXURY 833 



A. Coach-Horses (Large and Small Coach-Horses) 833 



B. Saddle-Horses (Hackney, Cob, Hunter, Double Pony, Pony) 837 



CHAPTER III. 



CAVALRY HORSES 844 



A. Staff Horses 845 



B. Troop Horses 846 



CHAPTER IV. 



HORSES OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE 849 



A Slow Heavy-Draught Horses . 851 



B. Fast Heavy-Draught Horses 852 



SECTION EIGHTH. 



VICIOUS HORSES. 



CHAPTER I. 



WHIMS AND Vicious HABITS . 858 



1. Horses which loll the Tongue, double it up, or continually protrude 



it from the Mouth 859 



2. Horses which strike the Lower Lip against the Upper 859 



3. Horses which rub the Lower Extremity of the Head against the Man- 



ger, or the Tail against surrounding Objects 860 



4. Horses which shake the Head or jerk the Reins 860 



5. Horses which grasp the Branches of the Bit with the Lower Lip . . . 861 



6. Horses which tear their Blankets with the Teeth 861 



7. Horses which rest one Hind-Foot upon the other 861 



8. Horses which lie down Cow-Fashion -. . . . 862 



