CONTENTS 
PART ONE— HORSES 
CHAPTER I 
THe BreEps or Horsss. 
The light type — The heney ine: 
The Light Breeds of Horses 
The Thoroughbred horse — iWistory of the, Thonaughbred 
horse — Description of the Thoroughbred horse — Famous Thor- 
oughbred races— English track records — American track rec- 
ords — The Arabian horse —The Arabian compared with the 
Thoroughbred — The American Saddle horse—The American 
Saddle horse compared with the Thoroughbred — The Standard- 
bred horse — History of the Standardbred horse — Hambleto- 
nian 10 — The Standardbred compared with the Thoroughbred — 
Trotting and pacing records. 
The Coach Breeds of Horses 
The Hackney Coach here Teseeption of +hé Hackney — 
The French Coach horse — Classes of horses in France — The 
French Coach compared with the Hackney — The German Coach 
horse— German Coach compared with the Hackney — The 
Cleveland Bay Coach horse — Cleveland Bay compared with the 
Hackney. 
The Draft Breeds of Horses ‘ 
The Percheron draft horse — Description of the Percheron. 
The French draft horse —The Clydesdale draft horse — Clydes- 
dale compared with the Percheron— The Shire draft horse — 
Shire compared with the Percheron — The Belgian draft horse 
—Belgian compared with the Percheron— The Suffolk draft 
horse — Suffolk compared with the Percheron. 
The Pony Breeds of Horses 
The Shetland pony — Welsh pony "compared with the ‘Shet- 
land— Arabian and Hackney ponies— Mexican and Indian 
ponies. 
The Breeds of Donkeys . : 5 é . . P . : 
The mule and hinny. 
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