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