Roger Pocock, a frontiersman who had ridden across much of the world, writes on the origin of the horse and its varieties, the habits of horses living outdoors, the conquest of the horse by man, its part in history from the steppes to China and the Americas, and the many schools of horsemanship.
An erudite, opinionated book for riders and history lovers, introduced by the zoologist J. Cossar Ewart. Download the free EPUB.