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The Horse in America
John Gilmer Speed
The horse crossed to America, vanished, and came thundering back with the conquistadors. John Gilmer Speed traces the whole American line: the Arab and Barb founders, the thoroughbred, the Morgan, and the early trotters descended from Messenger. History, breeding, and the making of the American horse. A rich account for anyone who loves the animal that built the New World.
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23 chapters
- 1The Horse IN AMERICA A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE VARIOUS TYPES COMMON IN THE UNITED STATES, WITH SOMETHING OF THEIR HISTORY AND VARYING CHARACTERISTICS
- 2CONTENTS
- 3INTRODUCTION
- 4CHAPTER ONE PREHISTORIC AND EARLY HORSES
- 5CHAPTER TWO ARAB AND BARB HORSES
- 6CHAPTER THREE THE THOROUGHBRED IN AMERICA
- 7CHAPTER FOUR THE MORGAN HORSE
- 8CHAPTER FIVE MESSENGER AND THE EARLY TROTTERS
- 9CHAPTER SIX RYSDYK’S HAMBLETONIAN AND THE STANDARD BRED TROTTERS
- 10“The Trotting Standard
- 11“The Pacing Standard
- 12CHAPTER SEVEN THE CLAY AND CLAY-ARABIAN
- 13CHAPTER EIGHT THE DENMARK, OR KENTUCKY SADDLE-HORSE
- 14CHAPTER NINE THE GOVERNMENT AS A BREEDER
- 15CHAPTER TEN FOREIGN HORSES OF VARIOUS KINDS
- 16CHAPTER ELEVEN THE BREEDING OF MULES
- 17CHAPTER TWELVE HOW TO BUY A HORSE
- 18CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE STABLE AND ITS MANAGEMENT
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