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Five horses were brought before the camera 

 for the illustration of the book. Silvana, now 

 many years in service, was employed to explain 

 the advanced exercises ; Coquette, an English- 

 bred mare, is represented in the frontispiece ; and 

 three young horses which were photographed 

 from the day the author took them in hand. 

 These latter three had been broken to harness, 

 and were quiet to handle, but had received no 

 training such as they were then given, and they 

 had all of the awkwardness and rigidity that 

 could be desired. I have found that a horse 

 wholly undisciplined is of but little service before 

 the camera when certain positions are required. 

 The photographs were taken by Rombach and 

 Groene, of Cincinnati, and the half-tone repro- 

 ductions were made by the Heliotype Printing 

 Company, of Boston. 



