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of the Horse Bishoping Yorking The Oldest Horse 

 The Story of Hollyrood Alice The Way to Shoe a Horse 

 that Brushes or Clicks The Dragsmen Unveiled The 

 Value of a Veterinary Surgeon The Herring Head - 115 



CHAPTER VI 



Shoeing a Vicious Horse The Horse that "Paws" During the 

 Night The Horse that Will Not Lie Down The Fence- 

 jumper When Difficult to Crupper The Stable-kicker 

 A Difficult Horse to Mount The Tongue-loller The 

 Side-puller The Way to Groom or Dress a Vicious Horse 

 The Tail-switcher The Use of Gag-bits Irish Martingale 

 The Over-check The Wind-sucker Stabling Colts 

 The Temperature The Way to Drive a Puller A 

 Cruel Twitch - 135 



CHAPTER VII 



Training a Horse to Perform To Teach High-school Gaits 

 To Teach a Horse to Kneel To Teach a Horse to Pose 

 -The Pivot Act To Teach a Horse to Say " Yes" And 

 "No" Teaching to Jump To Teach a Horse to Stand 

 Erect To Teach a Horse to Take a Handkerchief out 

 of the Coat-pocket To Carry an Article in the Mouth 

 Teaching to Kiss Teaching to Mount a Pedestal 

 Teaching to Teeter-Totter Teaching to Subtract The 

 Cruel Practice of Docking - - 145 



CHAPTER VIII 



The Welsh Pony The Welsh Mountain Pony The Lowland 

 Pony Satisfaction Emlyn Cymro Llwyd Trotting Comet 

 The New Forest Pony The Highland Pony The Fell 

 Pony The Exmoor Pony The Hackney Pony The Cape 

 Horse The Old Road Hackney - - - 177 



