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exhibited by men of every station in dealing with 

 the noble and willing inmates of the stable, and 

 has assisted in suggesting the necessity for just 

 such ABC instructions as are herein presented 

 by the Public's very humble servant, 



"MAGENTA."* 



PREFACE TO THIED EDITION. 



Increased attention having been directed to the 

 necessity for greater vigilance with regard to the 

 breeding and production of good and useful horses, 

 many readers have expressed a wish that I would 

 give some decided views on these subjects ; and 

 concurring with them as to the exigency of the 

 case, I have ventured, in an additional chapter in 

 this new and Third Edition, to make a few re- 

 marks, which, although doubtless patent to practical 

 men, are naturally looked for by the public in this 

 Manual, which has been so favourably received. 



"MAGENTA." 



* The soubriquet by which the Author is known in his regi- 

 ment. 



