12 oojXTsism. 



CHAPTER V. 



HOW TO BREED A HOBSB— VOBMAjr BLOOD 



Origin and Hiatoiy of the PercLeron Norman— A pur© race— €hanMt«riitica 

 and Points — Importation into this country • • • -SI 



CHAPTER VI. 



HOW TO BREICD A HORSE— MODERN ARAB BLOOD. 



English and American Thorough-breds derived from Oriental Blood— art 

 now superior to the Modem Arabs— Nolan Arab - • • 68 



CHAPTER VH. 



PONIES — THEIR DITFERBNT BREEDS, CHARACTERISTICS AlTD UTIIJTT. 



Qnknown to the Ancients — Origin — Diflferent Breeds— Shetlands and Sootf 

 — Galloways and Narraganaetts — Mustangs and Indians — Profit of rais- 

 ing Ponies .63 



CHAPTER VIH. 



HOW TO BREED MULES. 



Value of Mules— Their History and Natural History — The Mule and Rinne/ 

 — Thorough-blood wasted in the Dam for Mules— The Mule in the 

 United States— Large Size not Desirable — Varieties of the A«« — The 

 kind of Mares to be selected 81 



CHAPTER IX. 



HOW TO BUT A HORSE. 



Of whom to Buy it — Extraordinary Cheapness and Extraordinary Exce*^ 

 lence not consistent with each other — Points to be Regarded— Fow tt. 

 examine the Eye — Broken Wind— Roaring — Whistling — Broken Knecw 

 — To examine the Legs— Splents — Damaged Back Sinews — Spavins — 

 Ringbones— Curbs —Thorough-pin — How to tell the Age of a Horse 94 



CHAPTER X. 



HOW TO FEED A HORSE. 



Oonaequences of Improper Feeding — Different Food for different conditiorf 

 — Food for the Brood Mare— for the Foal— For Working Horses- 

 Green Food— Carrots— Com —Feeding Horses in Training — Wlfeilrt 

 Travelhng- Summering Horses— The Best Method— Management of 

 Omiubus Horsee in New Tone \^ 



