The Percheron horse
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1. Front matter2. INDEX.3. PREFACE.4. PART I5. CHAPTER I. GLANCE AT PERCHE.6. CHAPTER II. SKETCH OF THE PERCHERON RACE.7. CHAPTER III. ORIGIN OF THE PERCHERON.8. CHAPTER IV. MODIFICATIONS OF THE PERCHERON RACE.9. CHAPTER V. THE FIRST MODIFICATION, DUE TO CONTACT WITH THE BRITTANY RACE.10. CHAPTER VI. CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY ARE BRED.11. CHAPTER VII. CAUSES OF THE DEGENERACY OF THE PERCHERON HORSE.12. CHAPTER VIII. STARTING POINT OF THIS DEGENERATION.13. PART II.14. CHAPTER I. REGENERATION OF THE PERCHERON BREED.15. CHAPTER II. REGENERATION OF THE BREED THROUGH ITSELF, OR BY SELECTION.16. CHAPTER III. CONSANGUINITY.17. CHAPTER IV. OUGHT THE GRAY COLOR OF THE PERCHERON TO BE INFLEXIBLY MAINTAINED?18. CHAPTER V. PRESERVE PURE, AND WITHOUT INTERMIXTURE, THE THREE TYPES OF THE PERCHERON RACE—THE LIGHT HORSE, THE DRAFT HORSE, THE INTERMEDIATE HORSE.19. CHAPTER VI. IMPROVEMENT OF THE BREED BY MEANS OF FOREIGN CROSSINGS.20. CHAPTER VII. THE ARAB CROSSING.21. CHAPTER VIII. THE ENGLISH CROSS.22. CHAPTER IX. IMPROVEMENT BY MEANS OF THE STUD-BOOK.23. RECAPITULATION.24. PART III. INFORMATION TO STRANGERS WISHING TO BUY PERCHERON HORSES.25. CHAPTER I. FOOD AND BREEDING.26. CHAPTER II. TRADE.—GLANCE AT THE MOST CELEBRATED BREEDING PLACES.27. CHAPTER III. SPEED AND BOTTOM OF THE PERCHERON HORSE.28. CHAPTER IV. SPEED OF THE PERCHERON HORSE.29. CHAPTER V. ENDURANCE OF THE PERCHERON HORSE.