CONTENTS xi 



CHAPTER XV 



STABIiE MANAGEMENT CONTINUED 



PAOK 



Recapitulation of daily duties — Proper temperature of the stable — Remedies for 

 stable vices and bad habits— Preparation for work — Ordinary sweating — The 

 Turkish bath — Physic— Final preparation — Treatment after work — Summering — 

 A winter's run — The straw-j'ard— Care of saddlery and harness .... 289 



CHAPTER XVI 



RIDING AND DRIVING 



Saddles — Bridles — IMounting and dismounting — The seat — Management of the reins 

 — Use of spurs — Modes of starting the horse into his various paces — Riding to 

 hounds — Out-door vices and bad habits — Harness — Driving a single horse^A 

 pair — Four-in-hand 319 



