[October, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
1873 .] 
SUPERIOR STANDARD WORKS 
Published by OEANGeT JUDD COMPANY. 
THE HORSE. 
FRANK FORESTER'S 
HORSE OF AMERICA. 
By HENRY WM. HERBERT. 
Revised, corrected, enlarged, and continued to 1871, 
By S. D. and B. G. Bruce. 
Always an Acknowledged Standard, and now 
the most Complete and Authentic Work on the 
HORSE. With steel-engraved portraits of Thirty 
of the most famous 
REPRESENTATIVE HORSES, 
including pedigrees, histories, and performances. 
Two superb royal octavo Volumes of upward of 1300 pages. 
Post-Paid, Ten Dollars. 
WALLACE’S 
American Trotting Register. 
CONTAINING ALL THAT IS KNOWN OF THE 
PEDIGREES OE TROTTING HORSES, 
their ancestors and descendants, with a record of 
All published performances in which a mile 
was trotted or paced in 2,40 or less, 
from the earliest dates until the close of 1868, and 
a full record of the performances of 1869 and 1870. 
Giving complete Summaries of over 6,000 Contests. 
With an Introductory Essay' on the true 
origin of the American Trotter. And a set of Rules 
for the government of all trials of speed. By J. 
H. WALLACE, compiler of Wallace’s American 
Stud-Book. Royal octavo. 
Post-paid, Five Dollars. 
WALLACE’S AMERICAN STUD-BOOK. 
Vol. One. Being a Compilation of the 
PED3GREES OF AMERICAN AND IM¬ 
PORTED BLOOD HORSES, 
from the earliest records, with an Appendix of all 
named animals without extended Pedigrees prior 
to the year 1840. And a Supplement, containing a 
history of all Horses and Mares that have trotted 
in public from the earliest trotting races until the 
close of 1866. By J. H. WALLACE. Royal octavo 
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Horse Portraiture. — Breeding, 
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the Track, Horse Life, etc. By Joseph Cairn 
Simpson. Post octavo. Post-paid, $2.50. 
FIELD SPORTS. 
Frank Forester’s Field Sports. 
Embracing the Game of North America, Upland Shoot¬ 
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