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TitleThe horse and his rider, or, Sketches and anecdotes of the noble quadruped : and of equestrian nations Translate
AuthorSpringfield, Rollo.Translate
TypeBookTranslate
ImprintLondon : Chapman and HallTranslate
Year1847.Translate
Techniqueillustrations Translate
Size18 cm Translate
Annotation"London: Vizetelly Brothers and Co., printers and engravers, Petersborough Court, Fleet Street."--Title page verso. Some plates type-signed: H. Vizetelly. Translate
CommentDomestication of the Horse—Horse B'urniture—Various Breeds—Blood Horses—Ponies....... . 1 CHAPTER II. Physiognomy' of the Horse—Sagacity'—Fidelity—Socia- bility, &c.—Anecdotes—Insanity.......23 CHAPTER ill. Vices, and Disagreeable or Dangerous Habits ... 50 chapter iv. Speed and Endurance—Carnivorous Horses—Horseflesh as Food—Horsebaiting ... .......66 chapter v. Primitive State of Wild Horses—The Steppes ... 86The Centaur—The Mongols and Calmucks—A Russian Taboon.................100 CHAPTER VII. The Cossacks—The Circassians—The Mamelukes . . 131 CHAPTER VIII. Bei.a—A Story of the Caucasus.........150 chapter ix. Runjeet Singh's Famous Horse Lylee—Anecdotes— Persian Horses..............179 CHAPTER X. Arabian Horses . ..............194 chapter xi. Feral Horses of America—Indians and Gauchos . . . 204Translate
LocationUniversiteitsbibliotheek UtrechtTranslate
Call numberODA 4465Translate
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