CONTENTS. Xi 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



PAGK 



Refusing — Proper -way to teach a horse to leap — Injury done to 

 horses by holding on to the bridle — Experiment with worsted 

 — Different sorts of fences 116 



CHAPTER XIX. 



HITNTEES. 



No distinct breed of hunters — Difference of opinion in different 

 counties as to what constitutes a hunter — Definition of a 

 hunter — Reason of so many disappointments in breeding 

 hunters 1 2 1 



CHAPTER XX. 



6 TABLES. 



Two ways of housing horses — Loose boxes the best when attain- 

 able — Shape and dimensions of loose box — Ventilation — Dif- 

 ference between temperature and yentilation — Cool stables 

 better than hot ones — Openings for light and yentilation — 

 .Stalls, best mode of arranging — Illustration of bell trap for 

 drains — Rack and manger 



CHAPTER XXI. 



STABLE UTEI^SILS, ETC. 



Brushes — Combs — Foot picker — Bit polisher— Scraper — Feeder 



—Scuttle .... 153 



