The Orange County Stud Book

Excerpt from The Orange County Stud Book: Giving a History of All Noted Stallions, Bred and Raised in Orange County Our ideas of the system of breeding which Should be adopted in order to be successful, and the reasons upon which they are founded, constitute our first article. It con tains no idle dogmas or worthless and fantastic theories, cal culated to lead the earnest and honest searcher for useful knowledge into gross errors and mistakes, but rather a collection of rules, precepts, and facts, deduced from long experience in and close observation of all matters pertaining to the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Orange County Stud Book: Giving a History of All Noted Stallions Bred and Raised in Orange County; Together With Symptoms and Treatment of the Diseases of the Horse In proof of the soundness of our theory in regard to breeding, we shall follow the above-mentioned article with the pedigree and history of a few of the most celebrated stock horses which have been produced in Orange County, which, if carefully perused, cannot fail to convince the reader of the infallibility of the law of reproduction. And while our work is designed more particularly for those who, in consequence of their interest therein, may properly be styled horse men, yet we trust that it will not be altogether with out interest to the general reader, and that he may obtain some useful information in regard to the animal which contributes so mucn to the comfort and pleasure of mankind, and which represents so largely the wealth of our citizens. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Orange County Stud Book: Giving a History of All Noted Stallions, Bred and Raised in Orange County; To Which Is Added a Complete History of the Horse, in All Countries in Health and in Sickness, With a Though Treatise on His Breeding, Breaking, Shoeing and Curing In many countries Of modern times, wild horses have a material influence on the breed. The Cossacks take vast numbers on the desert tracts in the vicinity of the Don, and breed from them by crossing them with their domesticated horses, which are said to be much improved thereby. If this be correct, their domesticated horses must be very inferior animals. These herds are the Offspring of the Russian horses used at the siege of Azof, when Peter the Great took it from the Turks. From want of provender, he was compelled to set nearly all his cavalry horses at liberty, and these have now become wild, associating in troops like other wild horses. Such of these horses as have remained on the lowlands near the river are of a large size, as is usual. Those which have penetrated to the mountain districts resemble the horses from which they sprang. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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