CONTEITTS. 



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PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION ... .« ... .. 9 



THE "CENTAUR" ... 13 



THE ARGUMENT .. ... 15 



DEDICATION AND ADDRESS TO SIR C. FORSTER, Baet., M.P. 17, IS 

 INTRODUCTION TO FIKST EDITION ... .. ... 10 



PRELIMINARY REMARKS ... 21 



THE " THOROUGH (4R00M" ... ... ... ... 2:3 



SELECTING THE HORSE 26 



CLASSIFICATION OF HORSES 30 



STANDARD MEASURE, AND PRINCIPAL POINTS OF THE 



HORSE ... 31 



RULE FOR JUDGING THE AGE OF THE HORSE ... ... 32 



PURCHASING OR ORDERING THE HARNESS ... ... 30 



FITTING THE HARNESS ... ... ... 44 



TO ATTACH THE HORSE TO THE VEHICLE 58 



DRIVING 63 



MEMOS. NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN IN CONNECTION WITH 



THE HARNEibS 71 



UNHARNESSING AND CLEANING ... 72 



THE VEHICLE 80 



JIBBING 86 



RIDING 89 



THE STABLE AND STABLE FITTINGS ... 101 



DOCKING AND NICKING ... 123 



CART, FARM, AND PIT GEARS ; SHOEING AND ROUGHING 125 



EFFECT OF MUSIC UPON THE HORSE ... 133 



NATURAL CLEANLINESS OF THE HORSE 136 



WONDERFUL PIORSES ... ... ... .. ... 138 



WILD HORSES 140 



ilORSEY PHRASES, SLANG TERMS, AND RACY REMARKS... 141 



HORSE SHOWS AND MAY-DAY CELEBRATIONS 147 



THE FREE REGISTRY SYSTEM 150 



SADDLERS' SHOPS , 153 



SADDLERS' GUIDE ... ... ... 154 



A FEW NECESSARY HINTS AND RECEIPTS .. ... 176 



VARIETIES OF THE HORSE 179 



IRON HORSES : CYCLES ... .. ... 183 



A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS 186 



SHAKESPEARE A HORSEMAN ... 204 



TESTIMONIALS, &c. 212 



CONCLUSION, EXPLANATION OF TITLE 225 



CHAPTER OF SPECIALITIES ... .- ... ... 227 



