vi PREFACE. 



" Indian Racing Reminiscences," a subject on which he was 

 eminently qualified to write, as he had a stable of ten or twelve 

 horses in training, managing the stable and riding the animals 

 himself, whenever the weight permitted. He also wrote in 

 India his first edition of " Veterinary Notes for Horse-Owners." 

 As he had not then taken his veterinary diploma, and as he 

 desired to qualify in order to place this work on a scientific 

 basis, he retired from the Service in 1880 and studied for his 

 veterinary diploma at the New Veterinary College, Edinburgh. 

 He also obtained subsequently the Fellowship degree in London, 

 and his veterinary book, from a small beginning in India, is now 

 a large and important work in its seventh edition. 



After obtaining his diploma, Captain Hayes toured through 

 India, Egypt, Ceylon, China and South Africa, giving instruc- 

 tion in the breaking of horses. 



Perhaps the greatest of all this clever writer's works is " Points 

 of the Horse," a monumental labour which took him over fifteen 

 years to complete. He also wrote " Stable Management and 

 Exercise," and purchased the English rights of translation of 

 Professor Friedberger and Frohner's " Veterinary Pathology," 

 which has been completed and brought up to date by Mrs. 

 Hayes since his death. 



Captain Hayes, besides his other qualifications, hunted in 

 Leicestershire and other counties, and therefore, to the novice 

 or to the man with a small stud, which he likes to look after 

 and superintend himself, this volume cannot fail to be of use 

 and interest. It should also find a place on every hunting 

 man's table, while the chapter on Military Riding alone should 

 commend it to the mounted branch of the Service. 



Except for some additions and alterations in the chapters 

 on riding to hounds and racing, the work is entirely that of 

 Captain and Mrs. Hayes, as the latter has taken the greatest 

 trouble in assisting in the revision of this edition, arranging 

 for fresh illustrations, etc., and if, as I trust, it meets with the 

 approval of the public, the honour and merit belong to the lady 

 who has taken infinite pains and left no stone unturned to bring 

 " posthumous honours " to her late husband the author. 



HEDWORTH T. BARCLAY. 



The Turf Club, 



Piccadilly, London, W. 



January, 1910. 



