The Horse in America / A practical treatise on the various types common in the United States, with something of their history and varying characteristics - John Gilmer Speed

There can be no good action which is not straight. In the walk, the trot and the gallop a horse must move his feet and legs in parallel lines. The horse that does that naturally can be taught the other things that may not come to him by nature—high stepping, for instance. When a horse moves always without paddling or any other lateral motion, he is a very fit subject for cultivation. He can be taught to go daintily and gracefully as our grandmothers walked through the minuet de la couer. Throwing the feet far out in front or lunging, as it is called, is a very ugly trick and can be remedied in the shoeing, I am told. I believe this to be true, but I have never tried it. A horse with this inclination always seemed to me badly bred—Hambletonian, for instance—and I have not recently bothered with such. Paddling also can often be corrected by shoeing. General rules cannot be laid down as to these things. Each horse has his individuality. He must be so studied. When an owner brings general knowledge and acute intelligence to this study he can determine in a little while what is best to be done in each case. In the great majority of cases the best plan is to sell the horse that seems unpromising, but as no horse is ever entirely satisfactory some of them must be retained and educated by training, a training dominated by gentleness, courage, firmness and patience—but most of all patience.

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INDEX

Abdul Azeez, Sultan of Turkey, [31]
Abd-El-Kader, [18], [23]
Abdallah, [116], [128]
Abraham, [18], [19]
Abdallah, XV, [175]
Abdul Hamid II, [146]
Action and Conformation, [272]
Agricultural Department, [111]
Alasker Turk, [25]
Alexander, Robert A., [54], [55]
Alix, [132]
Alexander’s Abdallah, [171]
Amazonia, [116]
American Stud Book, [41]
Andrew Jackson, [86], [104], [136]
Ancient Sculptures, [6], [7]
Anderson, Edward L., [6], [235], [250]
Andalusian (Jack), [198]
Armenia, [6], [20]
Arab and Barb, [vi], [vii], [14], [15]
Aristides, [70]
Arion, [134]
Asia, [6]
Automobiles and Electric Tramways, [iv]
Axtell, [134]
Barbary, [13], [14]
Barrs, [183], [184]
Bassett, Harry, [66], [67]
Battell, Col. Joseph, [80], [85], [107]
Berber Barbs, [13]
Bellfounder, (imported), [117], [119]
Belle Mead Farm, [70]
Bend Or, [70]
Benjamin Franklin, [10]
Belmont, August, [55]
Beacon Course (Hoboken), [105]
Betsey Harrison, [152], [153]
Ben Brush, [74]
Black Hawk, [88], [90], [106]
Blue Grass, [148], [221]
Blunt, Wilfrid, [33]
Black Douglas, [112], [139]
Bonheur, Rosa, [179]
Boston Blue, [131]
Boston, [56]
Bonner, Robert, [133]
Bonnie Scotland, [69]
Box-Stalls, [224]
Bogus (Loomis’s) Son of Lame Bogus by Ellis’s Bogus, Son of imp. Tom Bogus, [107]
Bourbon Belle, [71]
British Horse, [8]
Breeding on Farms, [iv]
Broncho Busters, [238], [263]
Bramble, [69]
Brutus Morgan, [85]
Breaking and Training, [262]
Bruce, Mr., [142]
Breeding to a Type, [v]
Buffalo Bill, [238]
Bulrush Morgan, [86], [92], [93]
Bulle Rock, [40]
Bull Calf, [131]
Buying a Horse, [210]
Byerly Turk, [25], [40], [80]
Carmon, [170], [174], [175]
Canada, [9]
Cassius M. Clay, [139]
Cavesson, [265]
Calash, [10]
Catalan, Jack, [190], [198]
Carlyle, W. L., [176]
Cabell’s Lexington, [166]
Changing the Lead, [249]
Charles Kent Mare, [117], [119], [121]
Civil War, [viii], [208], [236]
Circus Tricks, [236]
Clay-Kismet, [145], [177]
Clay-Arabian, [v], [13]
Cleveland Bay, [8], [182]
Clydesdale, [v], [178], [182]
Clay, Henry, [190]
Continuity in Breeding, [vii]
Cortez, [8]
Columbus, [8]
Coney Island Jockey Club, [70]
Colonial Era in New England, [10]
Collier, Mr. Price, [256], [274]
Commissions to Coachmen and Grooms, [218]
Conformation and Action, [272]
Continental Riders, [237]
Conestoga, [120]
Coleman’s Eureka, [166]
Crusaders, [24]
Cresceus, [132], [175]
Cutting a Dash, [258]
Cub Mare, [41]
Darley Arabian, [16], [25], [27], [36], [40], [80], [101], [168]
Daniel Lambert, [90]
Davy Crockett, [166]
Daumas, General, [18], [22]
Dexter, [94], [132], [139], [140]
Dealers, [216], [217]
de Lancey, Col., [41], [80]
Denmark, [v], [13], [27], [69], [129], [130], [152], [153], [156], [157], [158], [159], [160], [161], [163], [166]
De Lesseps, Count Ferdinand, [21], [22]
Diomed, [12], [42], [43], [44]
Domino, [72], [73]
Dobbins, [73]
Doble, Budd, [94]
Dorsey, L. L., [92]
Domestication of Horse, [5]
Draco, [93]
Driving, [251]
Duke of Magenta, [70]
Duke of Montrose, [70]
Dutchman, [104], [105], [132], [133]
Eclipse (American), [44], [45], [46], [47], [48], [49], [50], [100]
Eclipse, [29]
Edwin Forrest, [132]
Egypt, [6]
Elderly Riders, [247]
Electioneer, [139]
Emperor of Norfolk, [71]
English Riders, [237], [238], [239]
Eocene Horse, [3]
Eolus, [70]
Equitation, [234]
Ethan Allan, [89], [93], [94], [95], [111], [175]
Evolution of Horse, [4]
Falkland Island Horses, [5]
Falls and Tumbles, [248]
Farm Horses, [iv]
Fairfax, John, [189]
Fashion, [56]
Fair Rachel, [41]
Falsetto, [70]
Firenzi, [71]
Fearnaught, [93]
Feeding and Watering, [231], [232]
Fellowcraft, [64]
First Instruction in Riding, [242]
Forest Denmark, [164]
Four-in-Hand, [261]
Foxall, [70]
Flying Childers, [27], [28], [43]
Flora Temple, [94], [106], [110], [111], [114], [115], [132]
Flemish Horses, [8]
Flanders, [9]
George Wilkes, [140]
George M. Patchen, [111], [112], [139]
Gordon Horse (Morgan), [85]
Goldsmith Maid, [132]
Godolphin Barb, [16], [25], [29], [36], [80], [102], [168]
Governmental Breeding Farms, [vii], [167]
Gifford Morgan, [91]
Golddust, [32], [91], [92]
Glidelia, [69]
Glorious Thunder Cloud (Lawson’s), [177]
Gray Eagle, [51], [52]
Grand Bashaw, [136]
Grenada, [70]
Grinstead, [70]
Grooming, [226]
Green Mountain Maid, [139]
Grant, General, [32], [141], [209]
Hamiltonian (Bishop’s), [122], [123]
Haggin, James B., [55], [72]
Hamilton Busbey, [116], [118], [124]
Hamburg, [71], [73]
Hanover, [71]
Harrison Chief, [171]
Harry Clay, [139], [140]
Harness Rooms, [226]
Hats and Gloves, [253]
Hackney, [v], [185], [186]
Hambletonian, [77], [79], [92], [96], [112], [113], [114], [115], [118], [120], [123], [139]
Hedgeford (imp.), [152], [153]
Henry Clay, [86], [112], [133], [136], [137], [171], [175]
Hindoo, [71]
Highland Denmark, [164]
Himyar, [70]
Highland Maid, [106], [132]
Horseback Riding in North, [viii]
Horseback Riding in South, [ix]
Holding the Reins (Riding), [246]
Holding the Reins (Driving), [254], [256]
Honest Allen, [90]
Holmes, Dr. O. W., [150]
Huntington, Randolph, [13], [30], [32], [86], [136], [140], [141], [143], [144], [145]
Hyracotherium, [3]
Ideal Horses, [272], [273], [274]
Indian Riders, [241]
Ishmael, [18]
Italian (Jack), [198]
Japanese Cavalry, [ix]
Jefferson, President, [31]
John Dillard, [166]
Jones, Mr. J. L., [191]
Jockey-seat, [250]
Jogging, [255]
Kate, [4]
Keene, James R., [55], [65], [70], [72]
Khaled, [146]
Kentucky, [44], [52], [148], [149], [150], [151], [158], [159], [160], [162], [163], [235], [236]
Kentucky’s Early Stallions, [53], [54]
Kentucky Hunter and One-Eyed Kentucky Hunter, [107]
Kingfisher, [70]
Lath, [41]
Lady Surrey, [86], [137]
Lady Suffolk (her breeding and performance), [105], [106], [124], [132], [133]
Leopard, [32], [141], [146]
Lecompte, [57], [58], [59], [60], [61], [62], [63]
Lexington, [57], [58], [59], [60], [61], [62], [63], [64], [65], [66], [142]
Leede’s Arabian, [25]
Linden Tree, [141]
Like Begets Like, [vi], [39], [128]
Linsley, D. C., [79], [82], [85]
Longfellow, [67]
Lorillard, P., [65]
Lord Clinton, [90]
Lou Dillon, [132]
Lord Brilliant, [170]
Lucretia Borgia, [51]
Luke Blackburn, [69]
Massachusetts, [9]
Mace, Dan, [95]
Mambrino, [101], [116], [118], [119]
Mambrino Chief, [175]
Maghreb, [23]
Madam Temple, [107], [109], [110]
Mary Sheppard, [146]
Markham’s Arabian, [25], [28]
Majorca (Jack), [198]
Maltese (Jack), [198]
Mammoth (Jack), [191]
Maud S., [132]
Messenger, [12], [31], [42], [44], [77], [100], [101], [102], [103], [104], [105], [120], [136]
Mexico, [9]
Miller’s Damsel, [44], [100]
Miss Woodford, [71]
Mongrels, [vi]
Morgan, [v], [13], [27], [31], [69], [75], [76], [79], [129], [146], [151], [171], [173], [175], [185]
Moorish Invasion of Spain, [23]
Morris, Lewis G., [116], [119]
Morrill, [93]
Morgan, Justin, [41], [79], [82], [85], [87], [88], [92]
Morgan Eagle, [91]
Monarchist, [70]
Mounting a Colt, [267]
Montgomery Chief, [164]
Mule Colts (treatment and feeding), [204], [205]
Mules (fattening for market), [206]
Mustangs, [31]
Mules, Value of, [187]
Nancy Hanks, [132]
Narragansett Pacer, [10]
Neohipparion, [4]
Nejd, [13], [14]
Nejdee, Arabs, [13]
Nimrod, [146]
Norfolk Trotter, [185]
Nostalgia (home-sickness), [217]
No Foot no Horse, [228]
Normans, [8]
Orlof, [v], [13], [16], [183], [184], [186]
Osborn, Professor, [9]
Pat Cleburne, [166]
Paul Pry, [104]
Patchen, Mr. Geo. M., [137]
Patrick Gil, [58], [59]
Parthenon Frieze, [7]
Pelham, [106], [132]
Pearl by First Consul, [137]
Peter’s Halcorn, [166]
Percheron, [v], [178], [179], [180], [181], [182]
Phaeton, [65]
Philippines, [146], [163]
Plumbing in Stables, [223]
Polkan, [183]
Police Riders (N. Y. Traffic Squad), [241]
Position of Feet in Riding, [244]
Poitou (Jack), [198]
Potomac, [153], [154]
Princess, [111], [112]
Prioress, [65]
Purdy, [47], [48], [50]
Quincy, Josiah, [45]
Rarus, [132]
Randolph, John, [47], [48], [49]
Randolph Horse, [85]
Rattler, [105]
Revolutionary War, [11], [42]
Revenge, [85], [86]
Richard Owen, [3]
Richards, A. Keene, [32], [33], [166]
Romans, [8]
Royal Gift, [188]
Robert McGregor, [175], [176]
Rockingham, [137]
Roxana, [29]
Rough Riders, [239]
Russian Cavalry, [ix]
Running Away, [258], [259]
Rysdyk, Wm. M., [117], [121], [123]
Santo Domingo, [8]
Sampson, [101]
Salvator, [71], [72]
Sales, from Private Stables, [213], [214]
Salmon, Dr. D. E., [167], [176], [177]
Sensation, [70]
Springbok, [70]
Spendthrift, [70]
Sheba, Queen of, [19]
Sherman Morgan, [85], [87]
Show Ring Horses, [216]
Shoeing, [229], [230]
Silas Deane, [10]
Sir Archy, [43], [44], [57]
Sir Henry, [43], [45], [46], [47], [48], [49], [100]
Smetanka, [183], [184]
Solomon, [18], [19]
South Carolina Jockey Club, [41]
Spanish Horses, [8]
Speedway (N. Y.), [128]
Spurs, [246]
Spirit of the Times, [109]
Stockton, Commodore, [56]
Stump the Dealer, [166]
Standard Bred Trotter, [v], [114], [115], [124], [126], [139]
Stable Construction, [220]
Stable Drainage, [220]
Stable Ventilation, [220]
Stud Book, English, [25]
St. Julien, [132]
Sunol, [132]
Tadousac, [9]
Ten Broeck, Richard, [57], [58], [63], [64], [65]
Ten Broeck, [65], [67]
Tenny, [72]
Teysul, King of Nejd, [31]
Thora, [71]
The Bard, [71]
The Abbot, [132]
Thoroughbred, [v], [13], [27], [40]
Tom Ochiltree, [70]
Tom Hal, [166]
Top Gallant, [104]
Troubadour, [71]
Training and Breaking, [262]
Trotting Horse Drivers, [252]
Tracy, Gen. Benj. F., [129]
Treatment of a Tired Horse, [227]
Tredwell, John, [116], [120]
Turf, Field and Farm, [124], [129]
Uncas, [70]
Upton, Major Roger D., [30]
Value of Horses and Mules in U. S., [111]
Van Meter’s Waxy, [166]
Vermont Morgan, [91]
Virgil
Virginia, [9], [40]
Warfield, Dr.
Wagner, [51], [52]
Wallace, Wm. H., [20], [94], [95], [124], [126]
Warranties, [215]
Walters, Mr., of Baltimore, [178]
Washington, George, [188], [189]
Warrior (Jack), [190]
Washing and Use of Water, [228]
Wadsworth, Gen. Wm., [138], [139]
Wells, General, [58]
Weatherby, Messrs., [25], [101]
West Point Riders, [240]
Weasel Morgan or Fenton Horse, [85]
Wildair, [41]
Winthrop Morrill, [93]
Woodburn, [54]
Woodruff, Hiram, [104], [111], [119]
Woodbury Morgan, [85], [90]
Xenophon, [274]
Young Bashaw, [136], [137]
Young Traveler, or Hawkins Horse, [85]
Zilcaadi, [31]

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