Two Books: One for Each Group of Hartland Horses
I received these questions during 2001:
1. Why can't I find the rearing Mustangs in Hartland Horsemen?
2. Why aren't my horses with reins in Hartland Horses and Dogs except for being shown once near the front of the book?
The answers to both questions are that the two, Hartland books from Schiffer Publishing cover two, different groups of Hartland horses. I divided all Hartland horses into two groups by their mold shape: horses designed for riders, and horses not designed for riders.
Hartland Horsemen is on the rider sets and all horses of the mold shapes that were designed for riders. All horses in this book have reins, but if the reins are missing, they still have a rein hole through the mouth. Their breed type is generic. They were sometimes sold without the rider, but that is beside the point.
Hartland Horses and Dogs, on the other hand, is on the horses designed to represent specific breeds. They were never paired with a rider, and they have no reins or rein holes.
The rearing Mustangs were in the breed series, and so they are only in Hartland Horses and Dogs. Horses with reins make only a brief appearance in Hartland Horses and Dogs, in the pages showing one example of each, basic shape of Hartland horse. Then, at the top of pages 6 and page 8, the book refers readers to Hartland Horsemen for the in-depth coverage of the horses with reins.
For complete information on all Hartland horses, both books are needed since there is virtually no overlap in subject matter between the two books. Those who are interested only in the rider sets will also benefit from Hartland Horses and Dogs because that book has the in-depth history of the Hartland companies. No collector who is serious about Hartland should miss this history.
On the other hand, collectors of Paola Groeber's models will benefit from Hartland Horsemen since some of her models had reins (were from the designed-for-riders molds), and are found only in Hartland Horsemen. The majority of Paola's models are found in Hartland Horses and Dogs, but her horses found in one book are not in the other.
If you only have encyclopedias for N-Z, you won't be able to look up "aardvark," and if you've only got A-M, you won't find "zephyr." A similar situation exists with the two Hartland books from Schiffer Publishing. The table below summarizes which horses are in which book.
If you love model horses, your shelf should have this book on it! 