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Posterior or Breech Presentation - -276 



Neck presented, Two Fore-Limbs in the Passage - 279 



Breast presented, Legs in the Passage - 281 



MECHANICAL AIDS TO DELIVERY .... 282 



APPLICATION OF FORCE IN DELIVERY - 284 



CARE OF MARE AND FOAL AFTER PARTURITION - - 285 



THE RATE OF GROWTH IN THE HORSE - - - 286 



SECTION VII. HORSE TRAINING 



THE GENERAL TRAINING AND PREPARING OF HORSES - - 301 



Individuality Whip and Bit - 301 



Training for Hard Work Water - 302 



Grooming The Stable Accommodation System Food - 303 



Companionship - - 304 



TRAINING THE THOROUGHBRED - 304 



Trials - - 306 



SCHOOLING THE HUNTER 307 



First Mount 308 



Jumping - - 309 



Treatment in Summer - 310 



PREPARING THE SHOW HORSE AND HARNESS HORSE - 310 



The Show Hunter 311 



TRAINING THE TROTTER - - 313 



The Yearling - 314 



The Training of the Made Trotter - 315 



The Autumn and Winter Treatment of Adult Horses - - 315 



Beginning a New Season - - 316 



Food - - 316 



SECTION VIII. STABLES 



THE BUILDINGS AND FITTINGS - 319 



Position for the Stables - - 319 



Decoration - 319 

 General Arrangement of a Stable The Principal Accommodation A 



Typical Plan 320 



Smaller Stables 322 



Materials A Good Stable - 323 



THE FITTINGS - 324 



The Stall-divisions - 324 



The Divisions for Loose Boxes The W T alls of a Stable - - 325 



The Stable-floor 326 



Racks and Mangers- - 327 



The Tying of the Horse in his Stall - 328 



