XIV CONTENTS, 



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THE HIND LIMB. 



General View of the Hind Limb — The Pelvis — Thigh and Stifle — Tibia 



— ^Hock — Canon and Fetlock — Pastern and Hoof . . 205-213 



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SKIN, HAIR AND COLOUR. 



Skin — Colour — Colour in relation to Heat and Cold — Hair^ — Hair on 



the Legs of Cart-horses — Markings ..... 214-222 



CHAPTER XXI. 

 Action, handiness and cleverness ..... 223-227 



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Condition, and good looks .... . 228-233 



Weight-carrying and staying power ..... 234-236 



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Blood, symmetry and compensations ... . 237-240 



CHAPTER XXV. 



special points of various classes of horses. 



The Race-horse — The Racing Pony — The Hunter and Steeplechaser 

 — The Heavy Cart-horse — The Harness-horse — The Hack — The 

 Lady's Horse — The Cavalry Trooper — The Officer's Charger — The 

 Artillery Horse — The Light Vanner — ^The Polo Pony . . 241-252 



CHAPTER XXVL 



REMARKS ON VARIOUS BREEDS OF HORSES. 



The English Thoroughbred — The English Half-bred Horse — The Shire 

 Horse — The Suffolk Horse or Suffolk Punch — The Cleveland Bay 

 — The Yorkshire Coach Horse — The Hackney — The Exmoor 

 Pony — ^The New Forest Pony— The Dartmoor Pony — The Clydes- 

 dale — The Shetland Pony — The West Highland Pony — The Welsh 

 Pony — Australasian Horses — The Norwegian Pony — ^The Iceland 

 Pony — American Ponies — American Trotters — South African 

 Horses — South American Horses — ^Arab Horses — East Indian 

 Horses — Burma and Manipuri Ponies — Sumatra and Java Ponies 

 —Mongolian Ponies — Corean Ponies — Japanese Ponies . 253-271 



