The Percheron horsePART IReading editionChapter navigation29 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterINDEX.PREFACE.PART IChapter I · GLANCE AT PERCHE.Chapter II · SKETCH OF THE PERCHERON RACE.Chapter III · ORIGIN OF THE PERCHERON.Chapter IV · MODIFICATIONS OF THE PERCHERON RACE.Chapter V · THE FIRST MODIFICATION, DUE TO CONTACT WITH THE BRITTANY RACE.Chapter VI · CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY ARE BRED.Chapter VII · CAUSES OF THE DEGENERACY OF THE PERCHERON HORSE.Chapter VIII · STARTING POINT OF THIS DEGENERATION.PART II.Chapter I · REGENERATION OF THE PERCHERON BREED.Chapter II · REGENERATION OF THE BREED THROUGH ITSELF, OR BY SELECTION.Chapter III · CONSANGUINITY.Chapter IV · OUGHT THE GRAY COLOR OF THE PERCHERON TO BE INFLEXIBLY MAINTAINED?Chapter V · PRESERVE PURE, AND WITHOUT INTERMIXTURE, THE THREE TYPES OF THE PERCHERON RACE—THE LIGHT HORSE, THE DRAFT HORSE, THE INTERMEDIATE HORSE.Chapter VI · IMPROVEMENT OF THE BREED BY MEANS OF FOREIGN CROSSINGS.Chapter VII · THE ARAB CROSSING.Chapter VIII · THE ENGLISH CROSS.Chapter IX · IMPROVEMENT BY MEANS OF THE STUD-BOOK.RECAPITULATION.PART III. INFORMATION TO STRANGERS WISHING TO BUY PERCHERON HORSES.Chapter I · FOOD AND BREEDING.Chapter II · TRADE.—GLANCE AT THE MOST CELEBRATED BREEDING PLACES.Chapter III · SPEED AND BOTTOM OF THE PERCHERON HORSE.Chapter IV · SPEED OF THE PERCHERON HORSE.Chapter V · ENDURANCE OF THE PERCHERON HORSE.Previous chapter ←PREFACE.Next chapter →Part 1 — Chapter I · GLANCE AT PERCHE.All chapters and sections (29)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsINDEX.PREFACE.Parts1Part 1 · Chapters12345678Parts2Part 2 · Chapters123456789Part 2 · Other sectionsRECAPITULATION.Parts3Part 3 · Chapters12345GREATNESS AND DECLINE OF THE PERCHERONS.← PREFACE.CHAPTER I. GLANCE AT PERCHE. →
