The Horse and His Rider / Or, Sketches and Anecdotes of the Noble Quadruped, and of Equestrian Nations
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Chapters (14)
- THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER:
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I DOMESTICATION OF THE HORSE—HORSE FURNITURE—VARIOUS BREEDS—BLOOD HORSES—PONIES.
- CHAPTER II PHYSIOGNOMY OF THE HORSE—SAGACITY, FIDELITY, SOCIABILITY, &c.; ANECDOTES—INSANITY.
- CHAPTER III VICES, AND DISAGREEABLE OR DANGEROUS HABITS.
- CHAPTER IV SPEED AND ENDURANCE—CARNIVOROUS HORSES—HORSE FLESH AS FOOD—HORSE BAITING.
- CHAPTER V PRIMITIVE STOCK OF WILD HOUSES—THE STEPPES.
- CHAPTER VI THE CENTAUR—THE MONGOLS AND CALMUCKS—A RUSSIAN TABOON.
- CHAPTER VII THE COSSACKS—THE CIRCASSIANS—THE MAMELUKES.
- CHAPTER VIII BELA—A STORY OF THE CAUCASUS.
- THE CAPTAIN’S STORY.
- CHAPTER IX RUNJEET SINGH’S FAMOUS HORSE LYLEE—ANECDOTES—PERSIAN HORSES.
- CHAPTER X ARABIAN HORSES.
- CHAPTER XI FERAL HORSES OF AMERICA—INDIANS AND GAUCHOS.
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