The Horse's Friend / The Only Practical Method of Educating the Horse and Eradicating Vicious Habits; Followed by a Variety of Valuable Recipes, Instructions in Farriery, Horse-shoeing, the Latest Rules of Trotting, and the Record of Fast Horses Up to 1876
O. S. Pratt
THE ONLY PRACTICAL METHOD OF EDUCATING THE HORSE AND ERADICATING VICIOUS HABITS, FOLLOWED BY A VARIETY OF VALUABLE RECIPES, INSTRUCTIONS IN FARRIERY, HORSESHOEING, THE LATEST RULES OF TROTTING, AND THE RECORD OF FAST HORSES UP TO 1876.
By Prof. O. S. PRATT.
TENTH THOUSAND.
Illustrated by over One Hundred and Forty Elegant Engravings.
BUFFALO: PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR. 1876.
Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1875, by O. S. PRATT, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C.
Entered according to the act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year 1876, by O. S. PRATT, In the Office of the Minister of Agriculture.
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O. S. Pratt
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THE HORSE’S FRIEND.
DEDICATION.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
HISTORY OF THE HORSE
DIRECTIONS FOR FEEDING AND FITTING A HORSE.
SYSTEM OF EDUCATING THE HORSE.
INTELLIGENCE OF ANIMALS.
TRICK HORSES.
EDUCATING DOGS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
TRAINING STEERS.
TREATISE ON HORSESHOEING.
RECIPES.
RECORD OF FAST HORSES FOR 1875.
GENERAL INDEX.