CHAPTER IV.—Tests of Speed of the Percheron Horse 97 CHAPTER V.—Tests of Endurance of the Percheron Horse 99 INDEX. Arabian, The type horse, 51 Good tempered, 60 Cross imparts endurance, 59 Qualities obtained from, 75 Cross-breeds easy to raise, 61-63 Disproportionately small legs, 63 Labor at three years, 61 Larger than their sires, 62-68 Square trotters, 59 Surest to turn out well, 62 Stallions offer quick and sure means of improvement, 45 Breeders, 13 Temptation to sell, 8-22-27 Breeding Centers, 92 Breeding In-and-in fixes character, 18 Systematic. Opposition of the Army, 73 System of, 46-62 Brittany Horse, 21-27 Cattle, Charollaise breed, 72 Cotentin breed, 37 Maine breed, 90 Percheron breed, 89 Colts, Cost of rearing, 23 Food of, 23-85 Sale of at six months old, 23-84 Sold to Beauce farmers, 24 Troubled with strangles, 86 Weaning, 85 Worked at fifteen months, 23 “Cross-bred Horse”, 54 Crossing with the Thoroughbred, 55 Eastern Blood imported, 18 Stallions at Pin, 20 Brought from the Crusades, 17-18 English and Danish Stallions at Pin, 20 English Horses, Spurious, 56 In the Crimea and Italy, 54 Too nervous for draft, 69 English Thoroughbred, 39 Care required in rearing, 61 Cross successful if used with judgment, 64 Discouraging results, 68 Fractious and nervous, 61 Introduced into France, 28 Its Progeny heavy consumers, 68 Possession tends to dissipation, 9 The Horse of Fashion, 9 Fairs, Improvement by means of, 72 Forage Plants, 13 Fillies, Treatment of, 87 Horse Association of Perche, 31 Improvement by foreign crossings, 48 By Selection, 33-37 By the Arab Cross, 51 Means of, 32 Preparation of land for, 49 Preparation of a breed for, 49-51 In-and-in breeding, 38 Useful in establishing a family or breed, 39 Intelligence of an Arabian, 58 Of “Lapin”, 58 Interbreeding, 38 Land—thorough culture essential, 13 Loads usual for English and French horses, 69 Mares, Care of Brood, 23 Mares, Never sell good, 34 “Natural Horse”, 54 Norfolk Stallion, Description, 55 Perche, Department of—Geography, Topography, and Agricultural character, 11 Effects of soil and climate on other animals, 88 Horses exported annually from, 42 Introduction of foreign mares, extensive since 1830, 27 Loss of the best stock, 27-29-30 Percheron Breeders’ character, 82