If my reader has, to his surprise, as it certainly 

 would be to mine, struggled successfully through 

 all the risk and difficulties explained in the pre- 

 ceding pages, and at length mounted himself to 

 his entire satisfaction, he cannot but be anxious to 

 know how he is to treat the valuable animal which 

 it has cost him so much trouble to procure. Eco- 

 nomy is so much involved in this question, that 

 my advice can only be given subject to the control 

 of every man's peculiar circumstances. 



A man who keeps only one saddle-horse for his 

 pleasure^ and is domiciled in London, cannot do 

 better than send him to livery : he will find it 

 quite as economical as keeping him in his own 

 stable, and far more convenient. The usual charge 

 is a guinea per week, where the standing is of 

 long duration ; and very little personal attention 



