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The resulting book, written by the period’s most imminent equine naturalist, was a masterpiece of Equus erudition. An English soldier turned scientist, Charles Hamilton Smith was concerned that the public was being misled by erroneous accounts or the absence of accurate information. To rectify this error, he set about enabling equestrian essentials to emerge from obscurity, thereby authoring a book which became the principal authority on all aspects of horse-related wisdom. Smith consulted, translated and transcribed every type of original texts, including works in Greek, Latin, Arabic and many Oriental sources. Nor was any topic off limits. Rare legal records detailing Welsh laws against horse abuse were unearthed. An early genetic examination of curly haired horses in Columbia was presented. Eyewitnesses were interviewed who had seen wild sultan-stallions attacking predators in Central Asia. Yet the mounted author’s most astonishing accomplishment was the careful documentation of more than a hundred ancient and extinct breeds, including the Katschenstzi of Tartary, a shining black horse with a white mane and the Sardinian wild horse, an indigenous animal not imported by man. Sadly, despite the book’s incredible research and resources, it was doomed to be eclipsed by a rapidly-changing social landscape. The result is that this new edition is an equestrian time capsule, complete with the lost expertise of another age. With a Preface by modern Britain’s renowned equestrian historian, Dr. Elaine Walker, this timeless book also contains Smith’s original colour prints of ancient, rare and extinct equids. To pre-order this book, please contact the LRGAF. Click here to view the list of nearly 160 ancient and extinct breeds
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