Horse (dk Eyewitness Books)

4H4F8C=4BB1>>:B  CL IP -A RT CD Eyewitness Horse Woman and girl, wearing Spanish riding costumes, on dapple gray Andalusian Kulan Brass rowel spur, from South America, ca. 1800 Bronze statuette of warrior on horseback, ca. 550bce Henry VIII’s full horse armor Mule drawing Indian cart, ca. 1840 Bronze plaque of warrior on horseback, from Benin, Nigeria, late 1500s Eyewitness Foot and two side toes of Anchitherium fossil Old shoe and nails removed from horse’s hoof Horse Written by JULIET CLUTTON-BROCK Shoeing a Shire horse Mountain zebra Dapple gray jumping DK Publishing LONDON, NEW YORK, MELBOURNE, MUNICH, and DELH Drum horse and rider Irish donkey pulling cart, ca. 1850 Project editor Marion Dent Art editor Jutta Kaiser-Atcherley Senior editor Helen Parker Senior art editor Julia Harris Production Louise Barratt Picture research Diana Morris Special photography Jerry Young, Karl Shone This edition Editors Susan Malyan, Sue Nicholson, Victoria Heywood-Dunne, Marianne Petrou Art editors Rebecca Johns, David Ball Managing editors Andrew Macintyre, Camilla Hallinan Managing art editors Jane Thomas, Martin Wilson Publishing manager Sunita Gahir Production editors Siu Yin Ho, Andy Hilliard Production controllers Jenny Jacohy, Pip Tinsley Picture research Bridget Tily DK picture library Rose Horridge, Myriam Megharbi, Emma Shepherd U.S. editorial Beth Hester, Beth Sutinis U.S. design and DTP Dirk Kaufman, Milos Orlovic U.S. production Chris Avgherinos Two wild Przewalski’s horses Archer on horseback, ca. fifth century bce This Eyewitness ® Guide has been conceived by Dorling Kindersley Limited and Editions Gallimard This edition first published in the United States in 2008 by DK Publishing, Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 Copyright © 1992, © 2004, © 2008 Dorling Kindersley Limited 08 09 10 11 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ED635 – 04/08 French-style barouche, ca. 1880 All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-0-7566-3775-0 Color reproduction by Colourscan, Singapore Printed and bound by Leo Paper Products Ltd., China. Palomino with Western-style bridle and saddle Discover more at www.dk.com Pair of grays with English phaeton, ca. 1840 Contents 6 The horse family 8 How horses evolved 10 Bones and teeth 12 Senses and behavior 14 Mares and foals 16 Wild asses 18 Seeing stripes 20 Ancient ancestors 22 Horses in history 24 Donkey work 26 Mules and hinnies 28 Shoes and shoeing 30 Bits and pieces 32 Exploring by horse 34 To the Americas 36 Running wild 38 Horses from around the world 40 Other breeds and colors 42 War horses Pair of Dutch Gelderlanders pulling covered wagon 44 The age of chivalry 46 Traveling by horse 48 Horse-drawn vehicles 50 Heavy horses 52 Horse power 54 Light draft work 56 The horse in North America 58 Sport horses 60 Horses fo