PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION. 



The second edition of this book having been ex- 

 hausted for some time, and the public still con- 

 tmuing to ask for copies, a third edition lias been 

 prepared. In Part I., chapter II., some additional 

 remarks are offered on the subject of the crupper 

 for cavalry saddles. In Part II., chapter I., the 

 author enters a protest against the notion of his 

 having ever advocated any one shape or size of bit 

 as being universally applicable. In Part III., 

 chapter III, Fehrmann's Horse-saver (Fferde 

 Shconer) is described, and its use explained. There 

 are also some remarks on brakes, on the disadvan- 

 age of depending on the crupper in draught, for 

 mares or horses inclined to kick; on long breechings, 

 and on the uses and abuses of the bearing-rein ; 

 the latter arising from its being employed to make 

 a display, the former being however very real, if 

 properly understood and carried out. 



F. D. 



