CONTENTS. 



SECTION I. 



Geseral Character of the Horse, p. 1. Indigenous breed and 

 improvements, p. -Z. Measures pursued by the government in 

 the reigns of Henry the Seventh and Eighth to promote ami 

 extend the breeding of horses. The quality of English horses 

 from that period to the reign of Elizabeth. Foreign breeds 

 then imported, p. 3, 4. Racing, an early and peculiar English 

 diversion. The Smoothfield or Smithheld races in London. 

 The breeding system peculiar to England. The art of farriery 

 originally derived from the schools of Italy and France. Great 

 number of writers on farriery and veterinary Science, in the 

 reign of James the First. Early improvement chiefly confined 

 to the racer, hunter, and hack. The improvement of our coach, 

 troop horses, and chargers, commenced about sixty years since. 

 Anecdote of a late Lord Mayor of London. Present import of 

 heavy draught horses from the Continent. Military and coach 

 horses. Scotch and Welsh ponies, p. 4 — 7. 



SECTION II. p. 8. 



Divisions and subdivisions of the horse genus into a number of 

 species and varieties of quality and nomenclature. Designation 

 of thorough bred, or the Racer. The Yorkshire horse Sampson, 

 p. 8, 9. Procreation. Age of the horse. Two aged geldings 

 at Dulwich. Age at which the colt is put to labour. Conven- 

 tional (general) form of the horse. Of the hack, hunter or racer, 

 and coach horse. Of the slow draught horse. The old Suffolk 

 punch. Drawing dead pulls. Gibbing. Yorkshire cross in the 

 Suffolk punches. Cleveland bays. Present "Norfolk cart horse, 

 p. 10 — 13. Colours. Age of the horse, its marks. Fraud and 

 cruelty practised in the case, p. 14 — 16. 



SECTION III. p. 17. 



Management in the breeding Stud. Fatal accidents to the horse. 

 Method of security formerly proposed by the author. Barren 

 mares. Treatment of the stallion and brood mare. Twin foals. 

 Detestable cruelties to procure abortion. Term of gestation. 

 Indications of parturition. Chance medley and regular breeding. 

 Chief breeding districts. Foresters, p. 17 — 21. 



