racing, hunting and kindred subjects, have been 

 isszied from the publishing houses of Europe 

 at the rate of about two per month. During 

 the ten years 1886-95 upwards of 232 stich 

 works were issued, and there has been no per- 

 ceptible decrease during the last four years. 



Under these circumstances an apology for 

 adding to the mass of literature on the Horse 

 seems almost necessary. 



Elsenham Hall, Essex, 

 November, 1900. 



