PREFACE. 



My object in undertaking the following work has been to 

 bring within a volume of moderate size a view of the 

 principles, enactments, and cases in Scots Law that relate to 

 horses. In endeavouring to do this to the full, I have 

 thought it right to go, when necessary, beyond the narrow 

 limitation of the subject ; to refer, for example, to English 

 authorities in illustration of the law of Scotland ; to point 

 out differences between the legal systems of the two 

 countries ; and to cite cases relating to other subjects than 

 horses as authority for the general principles of contract, 

 fraud, and negligence which emerge in transactions about 

 horses. The work thus aims, while dealing with a restricted 

 subject, at treating it completely. I desire to acknowledge 

 the obligations I am under to Mr. A. Orr Deas, advocate, 

 who has kindly revised the proof sheets, and to him and 

 other friends for many valuable and practical suggestions. 



D. R. S. 



21 Northumberland Street, 

 Edinburgh, Jidy, 1892. 



