216 Centaur; 



or who may have to deal with Horses, Saddlery, or Harness. In 

 a series of chapters he gives, with the thoroughness and practical 

 grasp of detail of a man ivho has mastered his subject by long and 

 careful thought, very valuable hints and instructions with regard 

 to the selection and classification of Horses, good Grooming, the 

 purchasing or ordering of Harness, Driving, Harnessing, and 

 Unharnessing, and a host of kindred topics, his aim being to 

 ensure a kindly treatment of the Horse, and the comfort and safety of 

 the drwer or rider. The instruction is conveyed in a plain, familiar 

 style, and where received and acted upon cannot fail to smooth 

 over many difficulties in the management of 'The Turn Out/ 

 The volume, which, by the way, is profusely illustrated, is, by 

 special permission, dedicated to the Borough Member, Sir 

 Charles Forster, Bart." 



SADDLEBS\ HABNESS MAKEBS\ AND CABBIAGE 



BUILDERS' GAZETTE, London, August, 1878. 



" From time to time "Walsall has produced numerous books con- 

 nected with her manufactures, but they have chiefly assumed the 

 form of illustrated catalogues, and purely to promote trade ; but 

 one has at last appeared with a much higher and nobler purpose, 

 that is, a humane and intelligent treatment of the horse, and a 

 series of instructions to lighten and make pleasant his often very 

 arduous duties in the service of man. With a personal acquaint- 

 ance with the Author, Mr. E. W. Gough, member of the Royal 

 Hum.ane Society, we can express nothing but the highest satis- 

 faction that such a subject should have occupied his attention and 

 assumed the impress of his intelligent, generous mind. The work 

 is profusely illustrated with subjects of great originality ; it is 

 printed in beautifully clear type, and makes an elegant volume of 

 the most interesting and readable matter. 



" The seat of the leather trades, in common with the country 

 generally, has recently been greatly exercised in its mind by the 

 appearance upon its walls and in its windows of the word 

 ' Centaur ; or, The Turn Out,' and which, now that the mys- 

 tery has been worked up to the top of its bent, we are at liberty 

 to announce, is not that composite order of being met with in 

 Greek and Latin mythology, but the name of an elegant work, in 

 beautiful clear type, profusely illustrated and neatly bound, suit- 

 able for study or stable, warehouse, manufactory, or drawing 

 room table. 



" The Author, who is known as a gentleman of considerable 

 and varied talent (acquired by both home experience and travel 

 in foreign lands), which he is e^'er ready to place at the disposal 



