CONTENTS

[INTRODUCTION]

CHAPTER [ONE] PREHISTORIC AND EARLY HORSES

CHAPTER [TWO] ARAB AND BARB HORSES

CHAPTER [THREE] THE THOROUGHBRED IN AMERICA

CHAPTER [FOUR] THE MORGAN HORSE

CHAPTER [FIVE] MESSENGER AND THE EARLY TROTTERS

CHAPTER [SIX] RYSDYK’S HAMBLETONIAN AND THE STANDARD BRED TROTTERS

CHAPTER [SEVEN] THE CLAY AND CLAY-ARABIAN

CHAPTER [EIGHT] THE DENMARK, OR KENTUCKY SADDLE-HORSE

CHAPTER [NINE] THE GOVERNMENT AS A BREEDER

CHAPTER [TEN] FOREIGN HORSES OF VARIOUS KINDS

CHAPTER [ELEVEN] THE BREEDING OF MULES

CHAPTER [TWELVE] HOW TO BUY A HORSE

CHAPTER [THIRTEEN] THE STABLE AND ITS MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER [FOURTEEN] RIDING AND DRIVING

CHAPTER [FIFTEEN] TRAINING VS. BREAKING

CHAPTER [SIXTEEN] CONFORMATION AND ACTION

[INDEX]