OR, The Turn Out, 



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INTRODUCTION 



TO FIRST EDITION. 



" To advise and not dictate.** 



N obedience to the urgent wishes of my 

 numerous patrons and friends, I have the 

 pleasure of submitting, in Book Form, 

 that system of treatment relative to the 

 care of the Horse and its belongings, 

 which I have throughout my life's ex- 

 perience and engagements, (at home and 

 abroad,) in connection with my business, 

 always practised and upheld ; and which 

 s^^stem, when advised verbally, has met 

 with such general appreciation. 



Dating, as I have the honour to do, from a most 

 important midland town — indeed I may say the very 

 seat of the harness trade and every article connected with 

 my subject — it will not, I trust, be considered egotistical if I 

 pride myself in being the proprietor of one of the principal 

 General Saddlery and Harness Manufactories in that town, 

 and venture to put before my readers this work and " Great 

 Wanty^ in the shape of instructions and suggestions to those 

 about to set up a " Turn out," which may be ajjplied to use- 

 ful account in many cases by those already in possession of 

 that necessity, or luxury, as the case may be. 



The Author's hope and belief is, that the contents of this 

 book will be appreciated by all interested in the Horse, 

 emanating as it does from one who is, and has been from his 

 youth, directly connected with the subject in hand, and 

 whose sole object is, and whose wish and ambition has 

 always been, to alleviate the risks and labours of the horse 

 owners, and th^ two frequent administration of unnecessary 

 punishment to the noblest of animals and man's universal 

 favourite. 



At the same time, the writer is fully conscious of the 

 fact that this ground has, in various forms, been trodden 



