The Compleat Horse

Beschreibung

The compleat Horse

The compleat Horse by Johannes E. Flade, Erich Tylinek, Zusana Samková  

Aus dem Inhalt: Introduction — The Parent Stock — Characteristics of Domestication — Domestic Horses Come upon the Scene — Horse Breeding — The Great Age of Horse Breeding- the Ancient Orient — Horse Nomads and Their Heritage — Growth and Early Management — The Horse in Classical Antiquity — Women in the Saddle — Care of the Horse — Cavalry Storms and Equestrian Contests — The Behaviour of the Horse (Curiosity-the instinct of flight — The hunger drive — Learning capacity — Group-related behaviour — Social patterns-instinctive gregariousness — Regularly recurring behaviour patterns (periodicity) — Rest and sleep — Self-grooming — Bodily excretions – Feeding — Reproductive behaviour) — Medieval Tournaments in Europe — Sensory Capacities of the Horse — The Development of Stud Farms in Europe — Equestrian Sport — The English Thoroughbred- a Supreme Achievement — Breed Standards.

• Gebundene Ausgabe: 222 Seiten
• Verlag: Prentice Hall; Auflage: illustrated edition (1. Januar 1987)
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0668065303
• ISBN-13: 978-0668065306