PREFACE TO EIFTH EDITION. 



The Author desires to acknowledge with very warm thanks the 

 valuable assistance which he has received from V. Colonel J. 

 Drummond-Lambert, C.B., Late Director-General Army Veterinary 

 Department, in bringing this Edition up to date. 



The principal changes in the present (5th) lidition are — 



In Chapter 1, on Ventilation, the Air-brick under manger is 

 struck out ; it is retained over the manger, page 7. The other 

 means of ventilation remain as before. 



Par. 186, Moss Litter. 



Chapter 24, Influenza : Some considerable change has been 

 made in treatment. 



Chapter 29, Glanders and Farcy. Do. do. 



Chapter 50, Grease and Cracked Heel. Do. do. 



Par. 633, Side bones, not caused by calkins. 



Par. 876, Aging of Horses : \Vhen some teeth show more wear 

 than others, the age is generally gauged by the younger looking 

 teeth. 



• Par. 931, Dishing: A '"dishing" horse usually stands Avith 

 his Toes turned in. To counteract this, he should be shod, so 

 that during progress he will carry them straight. To this end he 

 should be shod with a shoe quarter of an inch wider than the Crust 

 on the outer quarter ; but the shoe on the inside should be made 

 about quarter of an inch narrower than the Crust ; and the Crust 

 must be rasped down to fit the shoe. The Clip of the shoe must 

 not be placed in the centre of the front, but about three-quarters 

 of an inch towards the outer side. 



Par. 1021, Navicular disease, cause of. 



With reference to Mr. Blunt^s very interesting letter in the 

 Postscript : Indian experience, I believe, thoroughly supplements 

 his experience. The Arab of the Desert, though thorough-bred 

 on both sides, is not reproduced on either side of the Persian 

 Gulf. The progeny grows 15 to 16 hands high, but loses all the 

 best qualities of the Arab. I had a hope that first-class Arabs 

 brought to this country and kept on dry soil and fed on hard 

 food might have blessed Mr. Blunt's patriotic endeavour to produce 

 the true Arab of greater stature. But it has not been so, and I am 

 sorry for it. 



F. W. FITZ^nfGRAM. 



