X CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XVIII 



Page 



The Shire Draft Horse 199 



Native home— Origin— Bakewell methods — Early types 

 Famous Shire sires — Shire draft horse in America — De- 

 scription — Criticisms— Distribution— Organizations. 



CHAPTER XIX 



The Belgian Draft Horse 208 



Native home— Origin— Early types— Belgian methods 

 for improving horses— Belgian draft horse in America — 

 Growing popularity — Description — Criticisms — Distribu- 

 tion — Organizations. 



CHAPTER XX 



The Suffolk Draft Horse 217 



Native home — Early origin — Crisp's Horse — Foreign 

 tribes — Modern Suffolk — Suffolk draft horse in America — 

 Description — Criticisms — Distribution — Organizations. 



CHAPTER XXI 



Ponies 225 



Shetland pony — History — Shetland in America — De- 

 scription — Welsh pony — Exmoor pony — New Forest pony 

 — Dartmoor pony — Irish pony — Polo pony. 



CHAPTER XXII 



American Horses 233 



Early importations — -Colonial horse-breeding centers — 

 Virginia — New York — New England — Canada — Indian 

 pony — Mexican pony. 



CHAPTER XXIII 



The Domestic Ass 240 



Species of the Ass — Early history — Breeds of Jacks — 

 Jacks in America — Characteristics of the Jack — Jacks for 

 mule breeding — Organizations. 



