PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I A Popular Breed

CHAPTER II Founding a Stud

CHAPTER III The Selection of Sires

CHAPTER IV Breeding from Fillies

CHAPTER V Team Work

CHAPTER VI Rearing and Feeding

CHAPTER VII Care of the Feet

CHAPTER VIII How to Show a Shire

CHAPTER IX Origin and Progress of the Shire

CHAPTER X Facts and Figures

CHAPTER XI High Prices

CHAPTER XII A Few Records

CHAPTER XIII Judges at the London Shows, 1890-1915

CHAPTER XIV The Export Trade

CHAPTER XV Prominent Present-Day Studs

CHAPTER XVI The Future Outlook

INDEX

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THE SHIRE HORSE

IN PEACE AND WAR

BY
J. ALBERT FROST

LONDON
VINTON & COMPANY, Ltd.
8, Bream’s Buildings, Chancery Lane, E.C.
1915