The History and Romance of the Horse

by Arthur Vernon

Overview

Originally published in 1939 - This is a complete history of the horse - the first book to trace the horse through its forty five million years of development. It relates the entire, thrilling saga of the horse through all ages and in all lands. It is a story with such sweep and vigor, such dash and action, adventure and beauty that it can be compared only to the most stirring novel.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780985172190
Publisher:	Converpage
Publication date:	07/13/2012
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword: Why Write about Horses? vii

Book 1 Forty-Five Million Years

I The Dawn Horses 1

II Where They Went 13

Book 2 The Horse Comes of Age

I Adoption by Man 29

II The Horse and Religion 39

III The Horse Learns to Fight 59

IV … And to Play 83

Book 3 Wild Horses

I Asiatic Wild Horses 109

II The Zebra 118

III The Mustang 125

IV Taming the Wild Horse 135

Book 4 A Kingdom for a Horse

I England Fosters Horses 145

II When Knighthood Was in Flower 158

III The Horse Errant 177

IV Crusades and Horses 190

Book 5 A Bridle for Pegasus

I Coach Horses 215

II The Horse Goes West 248

III The Pony Express 273

Book 6 Glamour Horses

I Born with a Silver Bit 293

II Hound and Horn 303

III Polo 317

IV Hollywood Glorifies the Horse 328

V Horse Shows 340

Book 7 The Working Horse

I Modern Cavalry 363

II Fire Horses 372

III Proletarian Horses 381

IV Reformers Discover the Horse 390

Book 8 Turf and Track

I Race Horses as They Were 403

II … And as They Are 419

III More than One Way to Race a Horse 433

IV Let's See His Teeth 447

Book 9 Breeds and Strains

I American Saddle Horse 462

II Arabian 465

III Belgian 470

IV Clydesdale 474

V Hackney 477

VI Morgan 480

VII Percheron 483

VIII Shire 486

IX Standard Bred 489

X Suffolk 491

Book 10 Lesser Lights

I The Ass and Stupidity 495

II Studies in Stubbornness 503

III Ponies-Abridged Editions 512

Postscript: What of the Morrow? 519

Index 521