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as large as the present upon each, subject. What he aimed 

 at was the production of a book containing, in a condensed 

 form, such information as would serve as a guide, and such 

 instruction as would prove practically useful to owners and 

 managers of horses and vehicles, and also to those about to 

 set up a " turn out ; " and he hopes the object he had in view 

 has been attained. 



He would also, express his indebtedness to those gentlemen 

 who have furnished him with information regarding facts 

 which have come under their personal observation ; and 

 which have corroborated the Author's experiences and views 

 of the various subjects treated in the " Centaur." 



As a further explanation of his title, the Author would 

 give the following extract from "Mr. Carrington," a work 

 by Mortimer Collins, published in 1873 : — " The rider is of 

 the tj^pe of Chiron the Centaur. When he leaps into the 

 saddle it invigorates him ; gives him youth again ; gives him 

 power. One of those few men is he who make their horse 

 a part of themselves ; who, in return for his strength and 

 speed, give the creature thej bestride their brain. The 

 meaning of the great Centaur legend lies in this." 



