PREFACE TO FOURTH EDITION.
The Third Edition of this little work, published so recently as April last, being already out of print, the Author, in presenting a new one, feels called upon gratefully to acknowledge this unusual mark of favour on the part of the public.
London, November 1867.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| [PART I.] | |
| BREEDING, | [1] |
| SELECTING, | [2] |
| BUYING, | [6] |
| STABLING, | [8] |
| GROOMING, | [12] |
| HALTERING, | [16] |
| CLOTHING, | [18] |
| FEEDING, | [20] |
| WATERING, | [25] |
| GRAZING, | [26] |
| TRAINING, | [28] |
| EXERCISING, | [31] |
| WORK, | [33] |
| BRIDLING, | [38] |
| SADDLING, | [43] |
| RIDING, | [49] |
| HARNESSING, | [56] |
| DRIVING, | [65] |
| DRAWING, | [72] |
| SHOEING, | [75] |
| VICE, | [84] |
| SELLING, | [89] |
| CAPRICE, | [90] |
| IRISH HUNTERS, AND THE BREEDING OF GOOD HORSES, | [93] |
| [PART II.] | |
| DISEASES, | [101] |
| OPERATIONS, | [102] |
| TO GIVE A BALL, | [104] |
| TO GIVE A DRENCH, | [105] |
| PURGING, | [106] |
| THE PULSE, | [109] |
| DISEASES OF THE HEAD AND RESPIRATORY ORGANS, | [109] |
| DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE AND URINARY ORGANS, | [120] |
| DISEASES OF THE FEET AND LEGS, | [127] |
| LOTIONS, PURGES, BLISTERS, ETC., | [158] |
| INDEX, | [164] |