The Horse and His Rider

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Rollo Springfield. The Horse and His Rider

The Horse and His Rider

Table of 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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Rollo Springfield

Or, Sketches and Anecdotes of the Noble Quadruped, and of Equestrian Nations

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Fine his nose, his nostrils thin,

But blown abroad by the pride within!

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