xu CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXII. 



COMMON UNSOIJ]!^DNESSES. 



PAGE 



Some unsoundnesses much commoner than others — Unsound- 

 nesses of the hind-legs — Curbs — Spavins— Ringbone — Splints 

 — Breakdown of fore-leg — Means of preventing this — Navi- 

 cular lameness — Defects of the wind— Roaring, whistling, and 

 grunting — Sand-cracks —String-halt — Crib-biting — Weaving 

 — Speedy cutting — Cutting — Overreaching .... 168 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



BREEDING. 



Four distinct breeds in England — Racehorse — Coach-horse — 

 Trotter — Cart-horse — Breeds of Racehorses— Touchstone — 

 Irish Birdcatcher — Blacklock — The Cure — Sultan — Glencoe — 

 Peculiarity attending grey horses — Observations on breeding . 180 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



BKEAKING AND TRAINING. 



How to obtain foals from young fresh mares — How to halter the 

 foal — Teaching to jump when two years old — Teaching to 

 carry a man on his back — Teaching to go along a road — How 

 to make a horse carry his head in a right position — Use of 

 whip 193 



CHAPTER XXV. 



BETTING. 



Influence of betting on the breeding of horses — Analogy .between 

 the practice of betting and the consumption of drink — Similar 

 enactments affecting both — Handicapping inseparable from 

 betting 206 



