PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

CONTENTS.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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.

THE GREAT HORSE
OR
SHIRE HORSE

THE GREAT HORSE

OR

The WAR HORSE: from the time of the Roman Invasion
till its development into the

SHIRE HORSE

BY

SIR WALTER GILBEY Bart.


SECOND EDITION

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