IV 



PREFACE. 



man, by a selection of Horses of the earliest periods which 

 could he procured, and of the hiohest form and blood, 

 continuing' them through several periods to the present 

 day. 



The most improved methods of treatment are pointed 

 out, from the author's own long practical experience, as 

 to breedings breaking, traimng, and general use ; with 

 some hints of importance to every owner of a Horse, on 

 shoeing, and the care necessary to he extended to the ani- 

 mal in a state of disease: and, above all, on the duties of 

 humane and compassionate usage, to which animals are 

 entitled by the same justice we claim for ourselves ; and 

 In an especial manner, The Horse. 





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