CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Introduction xiii 



I. Thoughts on Hunters: An Analysis of 



WHAT A Hunter should be i 



II. Hunter Brood Mares 14 



III. Hunters Suitable for Boys and Girls 28 



IV. Buying Hunters 31 



V. How to ascertain whether a Hunter is 



sound or otherwise 36 



VI. Age of Hunters 43 



VII. Schooling of Hunters 51 



VIII. The Hunter's Forage 58 



IX. Vice and Objectionable Habits 80 



X. The Foot : Elementary Anatomy apper- 

 taining thereto go 



XI. Hunter's Shoes and Shoeing 95 



XII. Some Remarks on the Hunter in Health gg 



XIII. The Hunter in Hospital 107 



XIV. Blistering, Physics, Administering 



Medicine, etc. ii6 



XV. The Hunter : Incidental Ailments 124 

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