Horses Past and Present

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Author: Walter Gilbey ISBN: 9781465583086
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Walter Gilbey
ISBN: 9781465583086
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
This brief history of the Horse in England to the close of the nineteenth century is a compilation which, it is hoped, may prove useful as well as interesting. So much has been done to improve our breeds of horses since the year 1800, and so many and important have been the changes in our methods of travel, in the use of heavy horses in agriculture, in hunting, racing and steeplechasing, that the latter portion of the book might be amplified indefinitely. It is not thought necessary to do more than touch briefly upon the more important events which have occurred during Her Majesty’s reign. The interesting and instructive work by Mr. Huth, which contains the titles of all the books written in all languages relating to the Horse shows that the number published up to the year 1886 exceeds 4,060: and since that date, works on the Horse, embracing veterinary science, breeding, cavalry, coaching, racing, hunting and kindred subjects, have been issued from the publishing houses of Europe at the rate of about two per month. During the ten years 1886-95 upwards of 232 such works were issued, and there has been no perceptible decrease during the last four years. Under these circumstances an apology for adding to the mass of literature on the Horse seems almost necessary.
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This brief history of the Horse in England to the close of the nineteenth century is a compilation which, it is hoped, may prove useful as well as interesting. So much has been done to improve our breeds of horses since the year 1800, and so many and important have been the changes in our methods of travel, in the use of heavy horses in agriculture, in hunting, racing and steeplechasing, that the latter portion of the book might be amplified indefinitely. It is not thought necessary to do more than touch briefly upon the more important events which have occurred during Her Majesty’s reign. The interesting and instructive work by Mr. Huth, which contains the titles of all the books written in all languages relating to the Horse shows that the number published up to the year 1886 exceeds 4,060: and since that date, works on the Horse, embracing veterinary science, breeding, cavalry, coaching, racing, hunting and kindred subjects, have been issued from the publishing houses of Europe at the rate of about two per month. During the ten years 1886-95 upwards of 232 such works were issued, and there has been no perceptible decrease during the last four years. Under these circumstances an apology for adding to the mass of literature on the Horse seems almost necessary.

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