INTEODUCTION 



I THINK an excuse is needed from anyone ventur- 

 ing to add to the large number of books already 

 published on Stable Management, and kindred sub- 

 jects, especially when such an one feels that he has 

 nothing particularly new or original to set forth. I 

 believe, however, that I am right in saying that no 

 book exists, written by a hunting-man purely for 

 hunting-men. I know that I have often sought for 

 one in vain. 



The following pages embody the experiences of 

 more than fifteen years in a hunting-stable — years 

 during which my horses have been amongst the 

 dearest, and not the least interesting, of my 

 friends. 



Compelled at first to be my own stud groom, I 

 found it of use to keep a rough note-book in which 

 to jot down my various stable experiences (some of 

 them bitter enough), noting recipes which I had 



