Points of the horse : a treatise on the conformation, movements, breeds and evolution of the horse / by M. Horace Hayes ; illustrated by 660 reproductions of photographs and drawings.
- Publication:
- London : Hurst and Blackett, limited ; New York : Charles Scribners Sons, 1904.
- Format/Description:
- Book
xxviii, 736 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 27 cm - Edition:
- Third edition, revised and enlarged, and 279 reproductions of photographs added.
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
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- Subjects:
- Horses.
Horses -- Physiology.
Animal locomotion. - Form/Genre:
- Advertisements -- England -- London -- 20th century.
Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1904. - Contents:
- First principles of conformation
Names of external parts
Structures of the body
Sketch of the anatomy of the horse
Mechanism of breathing
Distribution of weight in the horse's body
Levers
Mechanism of equine locomotion
Mechanism of draught
Attitudes of the horse
Stationary movements of the horse
Equine locomotion
Leaping
Notation of the paces of the horse
Comparative shape of horses
Head and neck
The trunk
The fore limb
The hind limb
Skin, colour, and hair
Action, handiness and cleverness
Condition and good looks
Weight-carrying and staying power
Blood, symmetry and compensations
Special points of various classes
Effects of climate and soil on conformation
Classification of the Equidæ
British and Irish horses
Colonial horses
Continental horses
American horses
Asiatic and North African horses
Wild horses
Asses, zebras and equine hybrids
Evolution of the horse
Photographing horses
Proportions of the horse
The painter's horse. - Notes:
- With half-title.
Includes indexes.
Advertisements at end. - Local notes:
- Athenaeum copy bound in green cloth with horse in gilt and a black border design.
Athenaeum copy: Gift: Dr. & Mrs. C.F. Newman, jr. - Penn Provenance:
- Armstrong, F. Wallis (autograph, 1913) (bookplate) (Fairman Rogers copy 2)
Armstrong, F. Wallis, Jr., Mrs. (donor) (Fairman Rogers copy 2) - Penn Chronology:
- 1904
- Cited in:
- Fox, C.G. The Fairman Rogers Coll. on the horse and equitation, 381
- Contributor:
- Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Reeve Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia) - OCLC:
- 3701022