The Shire Horse in Peace and War

Photo by F. Babbage.
CHAMPION SHIRE STALLION, CHAMPION’S GOALKEEPER (30296).

THE SHIRE HORSE IN PEACE AND WAR
BY J. ALBERT FROST
LONDON VINTON & COMPANY, Ltd. 8, Bream’s Buildings, Chancery Lane, E.C. 1915

During the past year I have seen enquiries for a book on the management of Shire Horses; therefore I have made an attempt to supply the want. That the result leaves much—very much—to be desired I am well aware, but at least the little work is free from fine phrases and technical terms. Farmers prefer practical advice to literary merit in any book, or paper, that they read, and this is written by one of their own class.
For six months England has been engaged in war, the most awful yet waged for the reason that half the world is involved in it. It naturally follows that little is read but war news. Consequently these pages will be regarded as dull and uninteresting by those who have become accustomed to thrilling stories from battlefields, seas, or skies.