CONTENTS. 



ON SOUNDNESS 



Roaring 135 



Different Class of Roaring 137 



THE TROTTING HORSE 



Popularity of Driving 141 



Russian and English Trotters 142 



Messenger Stock 143 



Mambrino " 144 



Hambletonian " 144 



Canadian Trotters 146 



Black Hawk's Colts 148 



Pacing 148 



Pelham, Cayuga Chief 149 



Vermont Black Hawk 151 



Morrill's Morgans, American Star 153 



List of Great Trotting Sires 153 



VICES AND DANGEROUS HABITS OF THE HORSE 



Restiveness 155 



Backing 156 



Biting 157 



Getting the Bit, Kicking 158 



Unsteadiness, Rearing, Running Away 159 



Vicious to Clean, Vicious to Shoe 160 



Swallowing without Grinding 160 



Crib Biting 161 



Wind Sucking, Cutting 162 



Not Lying Down 162 



Over-reach, Pawing 163 



Quidding, Rolling, Shying 164 



Slipping the Collar, Tripping 165 



Weaving 166 



BREAKING TO HARNESS 



Early Proceedings 167 



The Apparatus 168 



The Actual Putting to 169 



First Lessons 170 



Bonner's Great Stables 171 



Time of Horses by Ajax 173 



Recipes 178 



