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Herausgeber: Publisher s11838
Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
Sprache: Englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

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The Great Horse written by Walter Gilbey who was an English wine-merchant and philanthropist. This book was published in 1899. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy reading this book.

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Leseprobe

The Great Horse

or The War Horse: from the time of the Roman Invasion till its development into the Shire Horse.

Walter Gilbey

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

INTRODUCTION.

THE CHARIOT HORSE OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS.

THE GREAT HORSE IN THE FIRST CENTURY.

FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY TO THE CONQUEST.

FROM THE CONQUEST TO THE REIGN OF KING JOHN.

THE GREAT HORSE IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY.

FROM THE TIME OF EDWARD III. TO EDWARD IV.

THE LAWS OF HENRY VII.

THE LAWS OF HENRY VIII.

QUEEN ELIZABETH’S TIME.

JAMES I.

CHARLES I.

FROM THE COMMONWEALTH TO WILLIAM III.’s TIME.

QUEEN ANNE’S REIGN.

THE SHIRE HORSE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

HOW TO PRESERVE ITS CHARACTER.

THE FOREIGN MARKET.

THE SHIRE HORSE SOCIETY.

FOOTNOTES:

Engraved by J. B. Pratt.

ARMOUR CLAD GERMAN KNIGHT OF THE 15ᵗʰ OR 16ᵗʰ CENTURY after a Painting by Hans Burgkmair.

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

Since the publication in 1889 of the first edition of this little book, which I was privileged to dedicate to His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, great progress has been made in the improvement of the Shire Horse. It therefore has seemed desirable to remodel and enlarge, by the inclusion of more minute details, pages which had been compiled from notes taken in course of an enquiry into the antecedents of the horse now known as the Shire-bred. This research led to the conclusion that the Shire Horse is the purest survival of the type described by mediæval writers as the Great Horse; and this type being the native development of that ancient British War Horse which evoked the admiration of Julius Cæsar, it seemed appropriate to seek permission to dedicate the book to the Prince who combined with his high position as Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty’s Forces, the keenest interest in those breeds of horses which are most useful to the State.

It would be easy to multiply ad infinitum such evidence as is here quoted, but it is unnecessary to encumber the narrative with repetition of details which throw no fresh light upon the history of the breed. These pages have been written for the convenience of those who desire to possess in concise form knowledge of the main facts concerning the origin and development of this truly noble and most useful animal, and to point out the true type of the “Shire Horse.” It is not claimed that there is any information contained in this work which those who are interested in the subject may not, with an equal amount of patient reading obtain for themselves.

Elsenham Hall, Essex,January, 1899.

THE SHIRE HORSETO THEOLD ENGLISH GREAT HORSE(THE WAR HORSE).

INTRODUCTION.

The number of books about horses which have been printed is very large; a good authority states that the total is upward of four thousand volumes; and therefore another seems almost superfluous. Yet from that early book of Wynkyn de Worde, printed in

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Table of Contents

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

INTRODUCTION.