THE 



TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF 



CHARLES DU HUYS, 



Author of the "Dictionary of the Pure Eace," "Trotters," "The Horse 

 Breeder's Guide," etc. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Production, Rearing, and Improvement of tlie Perclieron Horse. 



PART FIRST. 



Greatness and Decline of the Percherons. 



Glance at Perche. 



Sketch of the Perclieron Race. 



Origin of the Perclieron. 



Modifications of the Percheron Race. 



His First Modification Due to Contact with the Brittany Race. ' 



Conditions under which they are Bred. 



Causes of the Degeneracy of the Percheron Horse. 



Starting Point of this Degeneration. 



PART SECOND. 



Of the Means of Regenerating the Percheron Horse. 



Regeneration of the Percheron Breed. 



Regeneration of the Breed through Itself or by Selection. 



Consanguinity. 



Ought the Gray Coat of the Percheron to be Inflexibly Maintained ? 



Preserve Pure, and without Intermixture, the Three Types of the 

 Percheron Race the Light Horse, the Draft Horse, the Inter- 

 mediate Horse. 



Improvement of the Breed by Means of Foreign Crossings. 



The Arab Cross. 



The English Cross. 



Improvement by Means of the Stud-Book. 



Recapitulation. 



PART THIRD. 



Information to Strangers wishing to buy Percheron Horses. 



Food and Breeding. 



Trade. Glance at the Most Celebrated Breeding Districts. 



Speed and Bottom of the Percheron Horse. 



Tests of Speed of the Percheron Horse. 



Tests of Endurance of the Percheron Horse, 



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