CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION BY THE PUBLISHERS. 

 CHAPTER I. 



TaOB 



Breeds of Uorses in the United States 11 



The English Riice ILirsc 17 



Tlie Arftbian 26 



The Canadian 29 



The Norman 28 



The Morgan 85 



The Cleveland Bay Se 



Tlie Dray 89 



The Tiotting Horse 40 



CHAPTER II. 



The Zoological Classification of the Horse 44 



The Sensorial Function 46 



CHAPTER III. 



I'ltJnuES and Diseases of the Skull — the Bkain — the Ears — amp 



TUE Eves 68 



Fracture 6S 



Exostosis 68 



Caries 68 



Compression of the Brain 69 



Pressure on tlie Brain 69 



Megrims 69 



Apoplexy 70 



Phrenitis 74 



Rabies, or Madness 76 



Tetanus, or Locked Jaw 79 



Cramp 82 



Stringhalt 8S 



Chorea 83 



Fits, or Epilepsy 8?J 



