[*] “May be especially commended to parents in quest of a soundly suggestive as well as really entertaining book for their boys.”
| + + | Outlook. 81: 834. D. 2, ‘05. 140w. |
[*] “The well-known accuracy of Mr. Spears’ writing on historical subjects insures in the present volume a painstaking regard to the facts of history.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 32: 755. D. ‘05. 120w. |
[*] Speed, John Gilmer. Horse in America: a practical treatise on the various types common in the United States, with something of their history and varying characteristics. [**]$2. McClure.
This interesting treatise “gives a great deal of information about the various equine types common in the United States. Mr. Speed is merciless in exposing false pedigrees. Some of his comments on origins of famous breeds of American horses will probably be unpalatable to partisans of this or that great name in the horse world. Yet on the whole the book is reassuring to the breeder and admirer of horses.”—R. of Rs.
[*] “Taken all in all the book should serve its purpose, to interest and forward the breeding of good types.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 706. O. 21, ‘05. 640w. |
[*] “It points out the characteristics of the true thoroughbred with the unerring skill of the expert.”
| + | R. of Rs. 32: 640. N. ‘05. 100w. |