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The Percheron Horse

The Percheron Horse

Charles Du Huys

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Grove Press
Año de edición:
2008
Materia
Caballos y ponis
ISBN:
9781443751407
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This beautiful volume contains a comprehensive treatise on the Percheron horse, including a wealth of information on such topics as natural history, breeding, feeding, general management, and much more besides. Complete with wonderful illustrations and a wealth of insightful and interesting information, this text will be of much value to anyone with an interest in this breed of horse and in horses in general. The chapters of this book include: ’Glance at Perche’, ’Sketch of the Percheron Race’, ’Origin of the Percheron’, ’Modifications of the Percheron Race’, ’His First Modification due to contact with the Brittany Race’, ’Conditions under which they are Bred’, ’Causes of the Degeneracy of the Percheron Horse’, ’Starting point of his Degeneration’, etcetera. This text was first published in 1868, and is proudly republished here complete with a new introduction.

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