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lutely no smells. Have thoroughly warm rugs 

 for winter and light ones for summer, but let rugs 

 be the only warmth imparted to your horse ; let 

 him not be warmed by the dropping and stifling 

 stench as occurs in so many ill-managed stables, 

 which are putrid with foul air. 



Only feed your stud on the primest old hay and 

 the best old white oats, and, not infrequendy at 

 hours which are unknown to your grooms, make 

 an inspection of your stables, and ascertain per- 

 sonally that your horses actually eat the food 

 which you pay for. 



CONCLUSION 



My task — it has indeed been a long one : years 

 of study, varied with many earnest conversations 

 sometimes with scientific vets, at other times 

 with high-class practical vets, or owners of valu- 

 able studs, grooms, and book-makers — these last- 

 named no mean judges of blood-stock either — my 

 task, I repeat, has now drawn to a close with this 

 result, which leaves so much untouched upon 

 since the early authors rocked the equine cradle 

 of literature up to the present time. What a span 

 indeed ! 



Emperors, poets, statesmen, historians, sports- 

 men, men of letters, as well as matter-of-fact 

 business men, ALL have swelled a first-rate 

 literature on Horses and Brilliant Horsemen ; 

 and yet Huth merely recorded their names and 

 the titles of their works. 



Equine literature is a stupendous output ; in 



