DK Eyewitness Books: Horse

by Clutton-Brock, Juliet

• ISBN13: 9780756606855
• ISBN10: 0756606853
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-09
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

New Look! Relaunched with new jackets and 8 pages of new text! Here is an original and exciting guide to the fascinating world of horses and ponies. Stunning, real-life photographs of horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, wild asses, and zebras offer a unique "eyewitness" view of these remarkable animals, their natural history and role in civilization. See an authentic Wells Fargo stagecoach, a 19th-century woman riding sidesaddle, a performing circus horse, and a real-life jousting tournament. Learn why horses flatten back their ears, how a blacksmith shoes a horse, how horses have been used in wartime, and how a horse's teeth show its age. Discover why a zebra has stripes, which wild asses are now extinct, what a Roman horseshoe looked like, the difference between an English and a Western saddle, what makes horses race, and much, much more.

Table of Contents

The horse family	6	(2)
How horses evolved	8	(2)
Bones and teeth	10	(2)
Senses and behavior	12	(2)
Mares and foals	14	(2)
Wild asses	16	(2)
Seeing stripes	18	(2)
Ancient ancestors	20	(2)
Horses in history	22	(2)
Donkey work	24	(2)
Mules and hinnies	26	(2)
Shoes and shoeing	28	(2)
Bits and pieces	30	(2)
Exploring by horse	32	(2)
To the Americas	34	(2)
Running wild	36	(2)
Horses from around the world	38	(2)
More breeds and colors	40	(2)
War-horses	42	(2)
The age of chivalry	44	(2)
Traveling by horse	46	(2)
Horse-drawn vehicles	48	(2)
Heavy horses	50	(2)
Horse power	52	(2)
Light draft work	54	(2)
The horse in North America	56	(2)
Sporting horses	58	(2)
Horses for courses	60	(2)
Useful ponies	62	(2)
Did you know?	64	(2)
Identifying breeds	66	(2)
Find out more	68	(2)
Glossary	70	(2)
Index	72