# The Handy Horse-book or Practical Instructions in Driving, Riding, and the General Care and Management of Horses. 4th ed.

Author: Mahon, Maurice Hartland

Genre: Category: How To ...

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62993

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## Summary

A few words only of observation would I make on this subject.[3] Palpably our horses, especially racers and hunters, are degenerating in size and power, owing mainly, it is to be feared, to the parents being selected more for the reputation they have gained as winners carrying feather-weights, than for any symmetrical development or evidence of enduring power under the weight of a man. We English might take a useful lesson in selecting parental stock from the French, who reject our theory of breeding from animals simply because they have reputation in the racing calendars, and who breed from none but those which have _shape_ and _power_, as well as blood and performance, to recommend them...

## Chapters

- [PART I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-handy-horse-book-or-practical-instructions-in-driving-ridin-a8891178/chapters/3/index.md)
- [PART II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-handy-horse-book-or-practical-instructions-in-driving-ridin-a8891178/chapters/4/index.md)
- [PART II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-handy-horse-book-or-practical-instructions-in-driving-ridin-a8891178/chapters/2/index.md)
- [PART I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-handy-horse-book-or-practical-instructions-in-driving-ridin-a8891178/chapters/1/index.md)