12 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



HOW TO BREED A HOESE— NORMAN BLOOD. 



Origin and History of the Percheron Norman — ^A pure race — Charactorialia 

 aud Points — Importation into this country - • - - 51 



CHAPTER VI. 



HOW TO BREED A HORSE — MODERN ARAB BLOOD. 



English and American Thorough-breda derived from Oriental Blood— are 

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



CHAPTER Vn. 



PONIES — THEIR DIPFEEENT BREEDS, CHARACTERISTICS AND UTILITT. 



Unknown to the Ancients — Origin — Diflferont Breeds — Shetlands and Scote 

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

 ing Ponies ..........68 



CHAPTER Vni. 



HOW TO BREED MULES. 



Value of Mules— Their History and Natural History — The Mule and Hinney 

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

 United States — Large Size not Desirable — Varieties of the Ass — The 

 kind of Mares to be selected .......81 



CHAPTER IX. 



HOW TO BDT A HORSE. 



Of whom to Buy it — Extraordinary Cheapness and Extraordinary Excel- 

 lence not consistent with each other — Points to be Regarded — How to 

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

 — 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. 



(JcnsequenoeB of Improper Feeding — Different Food for different conditions 

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

 Green Food — Carrots — Corn— Feeding Horses in Training — Wliila 

 Travelling— Summering Horses— The Best Method — Management of 

 Omnibus Horses in New Tork I*' 



