Encyclopedia of the Horse equestrian horses reference book pony ponies equine

BRAND NEW book. May be some slight shop wear around the edges from shelf life. See photos. \n\nMan's best friend is said to be the dog and a case can be made for many animals as to which has been most important to man - the cow, the deer, the bison. But before the age of steam, only one animal provided speedy personal mobility on land, improving food gathering by hunting, industry, communications, ariculture, and - more detrimentally - warfare. It was the speed and strength of the horse that gave mankind a mobility he never had before.\nHow did man first domesticate the horse? We don't know - but what is certain is that around 9,000 years ago, the hunter-gatherers of western Asia began to alter their way of life. They started keeping flocks of live animals, first sheep and goats, then cattle and pigs until they finally encompassed horses.\nWith domestication came breeding - for submissiveness as well as hardiness and ease of feeding. Man also.