
THE
PERCHERON HORSE.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH
OF
CHARLES DU HUŸS,
AUTHOR OF THE “DICTIONARY OF THE PURE RACE;” “TROTTERS;” “THE BOOK
OF THE RACES;” “THE MERLERAULL;” “THE HORSE-BREEDER’S GUIDE;” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
NEW YORK:
ORANGE JUDD & COMPANY,
245 BROADWAY.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by
ORANGE JUDD & CO.,
At the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Southern District of New-York.
Lovejoy, Son & Co.,
Electrotypers & Stereotypers,
15 Vandewater Street, N. Y.
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| Production, Rearing, and Improvement of the Percheron Horse | 7 | ||
| PART FIRST. | |||
| Greatness and Decline of the Percherons. | |||
| Chapter | I. | —Glance at Perche | 11 |
| Chapter | II. | —Sketch of the Percheron Race | 14 |
| Chapter | III. | —Origin of the Percheron | 17 |
| Chapter | IV. | —Modifications of the Percheron Race | 20 |
| Chapter | V. | —His first Modification due to contact with the Brittany Race | 21 |
| Chapter | VI. | —Conditions under which they are bred | 23 |
| Chapter | VII. | —Causes of the Degeneracy of the Percheron Horse | 26 |
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