The breeds
33 breeds in four families, each with its own page: its plate for the back and its engraving for the chest. Then the coat colours and Muybridge’s photographs.
Saddle horses
Trotters and carriage horses
The Orlov Trotter
Twenty years old.
The Standardbred
The famous pacer.
The Norfolk Trotter
Westminster, 1894.
The Cleveland Bay
Sultan, No. 667.
The Yorkshire Coach Horse
Prince of Wales, 371.
The Hanoverian
Shown at Berlin.
The Oldenburg
Bay, from Oldenburg.
The Trakehner
From Trakehnen stud.
The Anglo-Norman
Niger, Haras du Pin.
The Danish Horse
Bought in 1891.
The Dutch Horse
A Dutch horse, 1894.
All trotters and carriage horses
88 pieces
Heavy horses
The Percheron
Courgeon, Haras du Pin.
The Boulonnais
Picquigny, 1894.
The Breton
First prize, 1867.
The Ardennes
Coco, from Belgium.
The Noriker
Spotted like a leopard.
The Shire
A London champion.
The Clydesdale
Scotland’s heavy horse.
The Suffolk Punch
Always chestnut.
The Belgian Draught Horse
Hansel, walking free, 1887.
Wild and northern horses
Coat Colours
The Colours of the Horse
Twelve coats, as a breeder names them.
Bay Coat
Don’t call it brown.
Chestnut Coat
Don’t call it red.
Liver Chestnut Coat
Don’t call it dark brown.
Black Coat
Black to the roots.
Grey Coat
Don’t call it white.
Flea-Bitten Coat
Don’t call it spotty.
Dun Coat
Don’t call it beige.
Palomino Coat
Don’t call it blonde.
Buckskin Coat
Don’t call it tan.
Blue Roan Coat
Don’t call it grey.
Strawberry Roan Coat
Don’t call it pink.
Cremello Coat
Not white: cream.
All of Coat Colours
52 pieces
