This antique volume comprises a complete treatise on the breeds and management of heavy horses, including information on their diet, ailments, equipment, breaking, and much more besides. Complete with clear and concise information, and profusely illustrated with detailed with exquisite drawings, this is a text that will be of much value to anyone with an interest in heavy horses, and constitutes a worthy addition to collections of antiquarian equine literature. The chapters of this book include The Shire Horse, The Suffolk Horse, The Clydesdale Horse, The Breeding of Heavy Cart Horses for Street Work, The London Work Horse in Street and Stable, Farm Management of the Heavy Horse, and Diseases and Injuries to which Heavy Horses are Liable. This book was originally published in 1894, and we are proud to republish it now complete with a new introduction on the breeding and anatomy of horses.

Binding: Paperback;292 pages; Publisher: Read Books; Classification: N/A; Weight: 494.67 g; Dimensions: N/A

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