NOTE. 



/^VF the chapters in this book, the second, 

 sixth, and last, dealing with " Trotting 

 Families," "Saddle Horses," and "The Care of 

 Horses," are now published for the first time. 

 The remaining chapters originally appeared in 

 the Atlantic Monthly, from which they are re- 

 printed by the kind permission of the publishers 

 of that magazine. The opportunity of republica- 

 tion has been taken to revise and enlarge these 

 chapters. 



Concord, Massachusetts, 

 October, 1892. 



