W. THACKER &- CO., LONDON. 



The Points of the Horse. 



XII. — Paces of the Horse. 

 XIII. — Leaping. 

 XIV. — Notation of the Paces of 



Horses. 

 XV.— Comparative Shape of Horses. 

 XVI — Head and Neck. 

 XVII.— The Trunk. 

 XVIII.— The Fore-Limb. 

 XIX.— The Hind Limb. 

 XX. — Skin, Colour and Hair. 

 XXL— Proportions of the Horse- 

 Common to all Classes, 

 Peculiar to Thoroughbreds, 

 Average Peculiar to Cart 

 Horses. 

 XXn. — Action, Handiness and Clever- 

 ness. 



XXIIL 

 XXIV. 



XXV. 



XX VL 



XXVI L 



XXVIIL- 



XXIX.- 



XXX. 



XXXL- 



XXXII.- 



XXXIIL- 



XXXIV.- 



CONTENTS. 

 I. — First principles of 

 Conformation. 

 II. — Structures of the Body. 

 III. — Names of External 



Parts. 

 IV. — Sketch of the Anatomy 



of the Horse. 

 V. — Mechanism of Breath- 

 ing. 

 VI. — Distribution of Weight. 

 VII. — Levers. 

 VIII. — Mechanism of Equine 

 Locomotion. 

 IX. — Mechanism of draught. 

 X. — Attitudes of the Horse. 

 XI. — Stationary Movements 

 of the Horse. 



— Conditionand Good Looks. 



— Weight, Carrying and 

 Staying Power. 



— Blood, Symmetry, and 

 Compensation. 



— Special Points of Various 

 Classes of Horses. 



— Remarks on Various Breeds 

 of Horses. 



— Examination of our Photo- 

 graphs of Horses. 



—Wild Horses. 



— Asses. 



—Fossil Horses. 



—Proportion of the Horse. 



—Photographing Horses. 



-The Painter's Horse. 



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