First -Hand Bits of Stable Lore 



By FRANCIS M. WA R E 



Illustrated from Photographs. Crown octavo. $2.00 net. 



THIS is a practical work which every horse owner should 

 have. The author is well known as the manager of the 

 American Horse Exchange, New York, and has been identi- 

 fied with the leading horse-show organizations throughout 

 the country. The chapters epitomize thirty years' active, 

 personal experience with every kind of a horse for every 

 conceivable purpose, and the deductions are drawn in no 

 sense theoretical. 



PURCHASE AND PRELIMINARIES. 



AS TO "SOUNDNESS." 



STABLING AND STABLES. 



STABLE MANAGEMENT. 



CONDITION AND CONDITIONING. 



THE -GREEN" OR UNACCLIMATED HORSE AND 



HIS CARE. 



THE HORSE'S EDUCATION. 

 MOUTHS AND MANNERS. 

 THE FOOT AND ITS TREATMENT. 

 THE APPOINTMENT FAD. 

 THE SADDLE-HORSE. 

 THE HUNTER AND HIS EDUCATION. 

 THE STEEPLECHASER AND HIS SCHOOLING. 

 RIDING FOR BEGINNERS. 

 FOUR-IN-HAND DRIVING. 

 COACHING AND ITS ACCOMPANIMENTS. 

 MANAGEMENT OF A PACK OF HOUNDS. 

 SHOWING HORSES. 



LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY 



PUBLISHERS, 254 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON 



