PREFACE. 



Although this work treats of the Horse, it is not 

 1 horsey,' because I am not a horsey man. Horsiness 

 has no place in it, and, for a time at least, will 

 probably be in opposition to it. I only ask the reader 

 to bear in mind that I pretend to no discoveries, 

 and advance no theories. I simply state facts, offer 

 evidence of those facts, adduce proofs of that 

 evidence, state how and where these proofs can 

 be verified, and then leave the impartial reader to 

 draw his own conclusions. 





