Horse Breeding, in Theory and Practice (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Horse Breeding, in Theory and Practice (Classic Reprint) written by Burchard von Oettingen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-05 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Horse Breeding, in Theory and Practice Moreover, it has to be taken into consideration that practical experience is only gained by long years of labour, whilst mere theorists may write their works when even quite young and practically without experience, but being gifted with criticism, intellectual insight, and inspiration. I must also point out that my work at the Trakehnen Stud has kept me always so actively employed that, unfortunately, I have not been able to spare the necessary time to go thoroughly through the large mass of material which I have accumulated in the course of many years, and to treat same in as exhaustive a manner as an expert ought. In writing the last Chapter on The Establishment of Studs my time was very limited indeed, and I have had to be satisfied with simply giving an outline. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.