Description
8″ x 6″, 602 pages, illustrated with b+w photographs, published 1917, THIS IS AN EX CALGARY LIBRARY BOOK SO HAS STAMPS AND LIBRARY MARKINGS, IT IS ALSO IN A LIBRARY BINDING, HOWEVER IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK ON THE BREED AND IS VERY SCARCE. Contents, 1, The ancient province of The Perche, 2, Percheron Prototypes, 3, The Renaissance following the revolution, 4, evolution from within, 5, first french horses in America, 6, the importing record to 1876, 7, mid west pioneers, 8, the French story resumed, 9, the great expansion of the 1880’s, 10, other prominent figures of the period, 11, an era of profound depression, 12, the new century dawns auspiciously, 13, distribution and statistics of production in the USA, 14, selection care and management, 15, bloodlines in the show ring
