The Horse in America
- Subtitle
- A practical treatise on the various types common in the United States, with something of their history and varying characteristics
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Table of contents
1. Front matter2. INTRODUCTION3. CHAPTER ONE PREHISTORIC AND EARLY HORSES4. CHAPTER TWO ARAB AND BARB HORSES5. CHAPTER THREE THE THOROUGHBRED IN AMERICA6. CHAPTER FOUR THE MORGAN HORSE7. CHAPTER FIVE MESSENGER AND THE EARLY TROTTERS8. CHAPTER SIX RYSDYK’S HAMBLETONIAN AND THE STANDARD BRED TROTTERS9. CHAPTER SEVEN THE CLAY AND CLAY-ARABIAN10. CHAPTER EIGHT THE DENMARK, OR KENTUCKY SADDLE-HORSE11. CHAPTER NINE THE GOVERNMENT AS A BREEDER12. CHAPTER TEN FOREIGN HORSES OF VARIOUS KINDS13. CHAPTER ELEVEN THE BREEDING OF MULES14. CHAPTER TWELVE HOW TO BUY A HORSE15. CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE STABLE AND ITS MANAGEMENT16. CHAPTER FOURTEEN RIDING AND DRIVING17. CHAPTER FIFTEEN TRAINING VS. BREAKING18. CHAPTER SIXTEEN CONFORMATION AND ACTION19. INDEX20. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES