TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



To Purchasers 2 



Pretace 3 



History of Celebrated Horses train- 

 ed and exliibited by S.V. E,. York 9 



Granite State Boy 11 



Royal Gv'ore;e 11 



MaV Flower 12 



Alarm 12 



Younjj Columbus 13 



General Remarks 13 



Fir.-,t Step to be taken with a Wild 



Colt 23 



How to Halter-break a Colt 26 



How to Hitch a Colt in the Stall 



the lirst time 27 



Handling the Colt's Feet 29 



How to ride a Colt 31 



Bitiing ih^' Colt 34 



To Ket toe Colt used to the Bit 37 



Harnessing the Colt the First T.me 39 

 Hitch ng him to the Wagon the 



F'irst Time 40 



Hitchiny: the Colt in S.ngle Har- 

 ness to Wagon, First Time 43 



Learning the Colt to Back 46 



Subduing the Colt 47 



How to Subdue Vicious Hoi'ses. . . 49 



Dim"usions and Use of Surcingle 50 



Castratmir 53 



How to Drive Runaway Horses.. 54 



How to Drive a Kicking Horse. . . 56 

 Another plan for Driving a Kicker 



in H iriiess 57 



How to Break a Kicker in Double 



Harness 58 



How to Use a Ba Iky Horse 61 



How to Break a Halter Puller... . 63 

 Another and Better Plan for Break- 

 ing a Halter Puller 65 



AKunaway, Bolting, or Pluuging 



Horse 66 



Pawing in the Stable 68 



Kicking in the Stall 68 



Bad Biters 69 



Bad to Harness, or Groom 70 



Rolling in the Stall 71 



Getting Cast in the Stall 71 



Driving on one Rein 72 



Hard Pullers 73 



Carrying: Tongue Over Bit, and - 



Out of Mouth 74 



How to Shoe a Vicious Horse 75 



For Teaching a Horse to Back, or 



one that is in the habit of Bolting 77 



The Plan for a Breachy Horse. . . 77 



How to Catch a Horse in Pasture 79 

 New and Latest Im^jrovements : 



Halter Breaking 82 



Bitting the Colt 84 



Safety Bridles 86 



On Shoeing 94 



Clips 99 



The Hind Shoe 99 



To Prevent Overreaching or Click- 

 ing , . 100 



Interfering with the Hind Feet.. 100 



Interfering with the Forward Feet 101 



The Bar Snoe 101 



Quarter Cracks 101 



Teaching Tricks 103 



To come at the crack of the Whip 



or word of Command 103 



To make a Bow 103 



To say No 104 



I o Lie 1 >own 104 



To Sit Up- 105 



To teach a Horse to Kiss you 107 



To Shake hands 107 



How to tell a Horse's age 108 



Jockey Tricks 109 



Training Steers Ill 



Training Dogs 114 



Training the Shepherd to Drive. . 115 



The Wat<;h Dog 119 



The Trick Dog 121 



The First Step with the Trick Dog 121 



To le irn him to Sit Down 122 



To Teach Him to Make a Bow. . . 122 



To Sit Up 123 



To Stand Up 123 



To Get into a Chair 124 



To Make Him Go Lame 125 



To Kun on His Forwani Legs 125 



To Learn Him to Find Tilings. . . . 126 



Turf Calendar 127 



Litest n nd Fastest Time Recorded 129 

 Stable Management : 



Air 131 



Litrer 135 



Light 137 



Grooming 139 



Exercise 141 



Breeding 144 



Closing Remarks 158 



Signs of Disease in the Horse 161 



The old English Horse Farrier, 



Dr. Tidball 167 



A Brief Dictionaay 186 



Rules and Regulations for the Gov- 

 ernment of Trotting, etc 199 



