Percheron Horse, Arabian Origin, 17 Characteristics, 7-15-22 Cared for by Women and Children, 8 Color, 40 Color—Gray the favorite, 41 Color Non-essential, 43 Coming in Fashion, 45 Degeneracy, 26-28 Demand for Export, 79 Difficulty of finding horses free from Foreign blood, 28-30 Docility, 8 Efforts to stop the exodus of good stock, 29 First among serviceable breeds, 10 Feat of endurance, 99 Food and Breeding, 83 Freedom from Spavin, etc., 8 Heavy Draft Type, how obtained, 47 Height, 14 List of exploits on the turf, 97 Mares, little pastured, 12 Modern modification of the breed, 20 “Omnibus Type,” how obtained, 46 Prices realized by the farmers, 23-25-26-29 “Primitive Type”, 52 Proof of an Ancient breed, 19 Separation of the Sexes, 16 Sold at Chartres, 26 Speed and Bottom, 95 Strength of the type, 22 Three classes, 15-44 “Primitive Horse”, 53 Prizes, System of awards, 34 Given for Size, and for trotting, 31 Recapitulation, 75 Sheep, Percheron breed, 90 Soil, Influence of, 53 Stallions, Brittany and others, brought into Perche, 30 Not used before four years old, 36 Quarter-blood Eng., preferable to full-blood, 76 Stud-book, 35 Strangers, Information for, 81 Stud-Book, Improvement by means of, 71 PREFACE. [Illustration: Decoration] The little volume which is now presented to the notice of the lovers of the horse in America is a translation of the work of a distinguished French author, who, holding a high position of trust, made this as a report to the Government. His views in some respects may be regarded as extreme, but on the whole they are characterized by strong common sense and are supported by a practical familiarity with all the phases of his subject which should give them weight.