Download or read book Origin and History of the Horse Classic Reprint written by Fairfield Osborn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Origin and History of the Horse The subject of the origin and history of the horse is not a simple one. It is a very complex one, because every scientific problem, like every financial problem, has its method of attack - from a number of different points of view. The first of the points to consider is that of the horse as the most perfect animal machine among the quadrupeds. Second, we shall see how this ma chine by purely natural processes evolved from comparatively small and simple beginnings. So we shall follow the evolution of a number of structures which make up this machine, and of the horse as a whole. Third, we shall look at the races, the wild breeds of the family of horses, as they are found in Asia and Africa today, because it is possible that some of these breeds throw some considerable light upon the most interesting of questions, the origin and history of this ani mal. Fourth, we come to the point where the history of the horse touches the history of man, and that was a turning point in the history of civilization, be cause, if you will reflect a moment, when man discovered the use of the horse, he discovered a mechanism which he could turn to his service in the same way as we use steam and electricity today. The horse became a means of civilization, of exploration and intercommunication. So, the history of the horse as a use ful animal to man comes in as the third or fourth topic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Horse written by R. F. Meysey-Thompson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-21 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Horse: Its Origin and Development Combined With Stable Practice At the bottom of the chalk sea were deposited myriads of fossils, shells, and fish, which are marked features of the formation at the present day; but there are no traces of mammals. The few that have been discovered during the Secondary Period appear to have been of a small marsupial animal, and also a small insectivorous one. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Origin and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse Classic Reprint written by William Ridgeway and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Origin and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse It only remains for me to express my gratitude to the many kind friends who have aided me in various ways: Dr James Cossar Ewart, Regius Professor Of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh, has given me much of his time and has read through all my proofs, and twice through those Of the first two chapters; whilst Mr R. I. Pocock, F the Superintendent of the Zoological Society's Garden, Regent's Park, has given me valuable aid by reading the proofs Of the chapter on the Living Equidae. Mr A. E. Shipley, Fellow Of Christ's College, and University Lecturer in In vertebrate Zoology, and editor Of the Cambridge Biological Series, has also read the proofs and has aided me with various suggestions. Had it not been for their criticism and advice the shortcomings Of this book, of which no one can be more sensible than the writer, would have been still more numerous; but for the many that remain I alone am responsible. TO Dr W. L. H. Duckworth, Fellow Of Jesus College, University Lecturer in Physical Anthropology, I am indebted for various important references, and above all for having called my attention to a hitherto unpublished head and neck of a quagga in the Elgin Museum, which I figure and describe (pp. 438 Mr A. W. Howitt, Hon. D.sc., the well-known Australian ethno logist, Of Metung, Victoria, has supplied me with the valuable account Of the feral horses Of Eastern Victoria, which I have embodied; Dr R. S. Conway, Professor Of Latin in Manchester University, and late Fellow Of Gonville and Caius College. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Horse written by William Henry Flower and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-23 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Horse: A Study in Natural History The works to be comprised in this Series are in tended to give on each subject the information which an intelligent layman might wish to possess. They are not primarily intended for the young, nor for the specialist, though even to him they will doubtless be often useful in supplying references, or suggesting lines of research. Each book will be complete in itself, care, however, being taken that while the books do not overlap, they supplement each other; and while scientific in treat ment, they will be, as far as possible, presented in simple language, divested of needless technicalities. The rapid progress of science has made it more and more difficult, and renders it now quite impossible, to master the works which appear, almost daily, on various branches of science, or to keep up with the proceedings of our numerous Scientific Societies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Horse in History Classic Reprint written by Basil Tozer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Horse in History Horses of the Cavaliers, seventeenth century. From a painting in the possession of his Majesty King Edward VII. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Evolution of the Horse in Two Parts written by W. D. Matthew and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Evolution of the Horse, in Two Parts: Evolution of the Horse in Nature, And, the Horse Under Domestication, Its Origin and the Structure and Growth of the Teeth Among all the animals of past and present there is none so deserving of our interest and affection as the horse. It is the most useful of the domestic animals, and has played the largest part in the development of civilization. Since the dawn of recorded history the man with the horse has been in the forefront of progress. Whether leading the military civilizations of the past or breaking ground for the industrial civilization of the present the pioneers and leaders of progress have always made large use of this noble animal. It. Is not too much to say that without his help our ancestors in the Old World might have advanced but little further on the road to civilization than did the inhabitants Of the ancient semi-civilized states of Peru and Mexico, where the horse was unknown, and travel, agriculture and military success were limited by the capacity of unaided human strength. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Horse of America in His Derivation History and Development Classic Reprint written by John Hankins Wallace and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Horse of America in His Derivation, History and Development Antiquity of American racing - First race course at Hempstead Plain, 1665 - Racing in Virginia, 1677 - Conditions of early races-early so-called Arabian importations - The marvelous tradition of Lindsay's Arabian - English race horses first imported about 1750 - The old colonial stock as a basis - First American turf literature - Skinner's American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine, 1829 - Cadwallader R. Colden's Sporting Magazine, Short-lived but valuable - The original Spirit of the Times Porter's Spirit of the Times Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, 1859 - Edgar's Stud book-wallace's Stud Book - Bruce's Stud Book - Their history, methods and value - Summing up results, showing that success has followed breeding to individuals and families that could run and not to individuals and families that could not run, what ever their blood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Our Noblest Friend the Horse Classic Reprint written by Francis Morgan Ware and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Our Noblest Friend the Horse American climate stable conveniences care OF vehicles and horses outfit for one horse keeping one horse. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Horse Classic Reprint written by William Youatt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-19 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Horse In these circumstances, the Society intrusted to the Author the preparation of a New Edition of this Treatise; and he has subjected it to so complete a revision, as to render it in many respects a new work. This remark applies especially to the chapters relating to the Diseases of the Horse. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Justin Morgan Founder of His Race written by Eleanor Waring Burnham and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-18 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Justin Morgan Founder of His Race: The Romantic History of a Horse In the frontispiece, modelled by Roger Noble Burn ham, the portrait of Mistress Lloyd was posed for by Miss Fifi Willis, of Columbia, Missouri, to whom the author wishes to extend her thanks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Horse Shoes and Horse Shoeing written by George Fleming and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Horse-Shoes and Horse-Shoeing: Their Origin, History, Uses, and Abuses To all who possess an interest in or a love for the horse, but little apology will be required in offering for their acceptance a work like the present. The result of much labour and research, it is an attempt to trace, for the first time in England, the origin and history of the art of shoeing horses. Since the publication, in 1831, of Bracy Clark's essay 'On the Knowledge of the Ancients respecting the Art of Shoeing the Horse, ' the science of ethnological archaeology has made wonderful progress in throwing light upon much that was obscure, or altogether lost, in the darkness of pre-historic, and even historic times, and the manners and customs of ancient peoples have been largely elucidated by it. Some of its rays have been incidentally shed upon the early condition of this apparently humble handicraft, tending considerably to modify, or altogether disprove, the opinions held by various authorities as to the antiquity of horse-shoeing. Though but of minor importance in archaeology, yet the discussion of this subject has attracted much notice at times, and engaged a large share of attention on the part of men much celebrated as antiquarians and scholars. And the origin of the art, though of comparatively little moment in an utilitarian point of view, is nevertheless one of those interesting subjects which will always prove interesting to the anthropologist and archaeologist. To make this portion of the work complete, every discovery of relics connected with the subject has been inquired into, when possible, and no pains have been spared in the investigation of its unwritten story. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book The Wonder book of Horses written by James Baldwin and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of the Percheron Horse written by Alvin Howard Sanders and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the Percheron Horse: Including Hitherto Unpublished Data Concerning the Origin and Development of the Modern Type of Heavy Draft Including hitherto unpublished data concerning the origin and development of the modern type of heavy draft, drawn from authentic documents, records and manuscripts in the national archives of the French Government, together with a detailed account of the introduction and dissemination of the breed throughout the United States, to which is appended a symposium reflecting the Views of leading contemporary importers and breeders touching the selection, feeding and general management of stallions, brood mares and foals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Evolution of the Horse In Two Parts written by W. D. Matthew and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Evolution of the Horse; In Two Parts: Evolution of the Horse in Nature; The Horse Under Domestication: Its Origin and the Structure and Growth of the Teeth The horse is distinguished from all other animals now living by the fact that he has but one toe on each foot. Comparison with other ani mals shows that this toe is the third or middle digit of the foot. The hoof corresponds to the nail of a man or the claw of a dog or cat, and is broad ened out to afford a firm, strong support on which the whole weight of the animal rests. Behind the cannon bone of the foot are two slender little bones, one on each side, called 'splint bones. These represent the second and fourth digits of other animals, but they do not show on the surface and there is nothing like a separate toe. So that the horse may be said to be an animal that walks on its middle finger nail, all the other fingers having disappeared. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book England s Horses for Peace and War written by Vere D. Hunt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from England's Horses for Peace and War: Their Origin, Improvement and Scarcity Writers of varied classes of opinions have dealt with it through works of standard literature, and the medium of the press and periodicals. Men capable of handling it in its varied ramifications and details have devoted energy and ability to exhaustive essays for the last quarter of a century on the subject of our general and military horse supply. From such utilitarian and highly commendable efforts, we have at length aroused the consideration of the great and powerful, without, up to the present, any result beyond that of incontestable practical confirmation of the warnings of writers on the subject. The Royal Commission granted upon Lord Rosebery's motion in the House of Lords, have discovered, with mathematical accuracy, the inadequacy of supply to our demand; but, unfortunately, nothing has been yet done, or suggested, to rectify so alarming and inconvenient a state of things. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Great Horse written by Walter Gilbey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Great Horse: Or the War Horse: From the Time of the Roman Invasion Till Its Development Into the Shire Horse The early foundation stock from which investigation proves that our modern Shire horses are descended was brought to a high state of perfection for its special purpose, not only by the judicious introduction of foreign blood, but by wise enactments of the Legis lature. We find in the old Statute Books numerous Acts of Parliament which supported private skill and enterprise in the endeavour to improve an animal on which, it may fairly be said, the safety of the nation in no small measure depended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Horse and Its Relatives Classic Reprint written by Richard Lydekker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Horse and Its Relatives The following popular, and yet, I hope, scientifi cally accurate, account of the natural history of the more important representatives of the horse family, inclusive of the older domesticated breeds and its extinct forerunners, will, I venture to think, appeal to a large circle of readers. For breeders, racing men, antiquarians, naturalists, and big-game hunters ought all to find something of interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
