lllSTORY AND HABITS OF THE HORSE. ^1 



The horse naturally is subject to but few hereditary disorders, or 

 perhaps to none, but indiscriminate commingling of blood has 

 fearfully multiplied his diseases and occasioned deplorable de- 

 generacy. Improper treatment and abuse at the hands of man 

 have been the cause of nearly all his diseases and of his great 

 loss in longevity and natural capabilities. 



It is not our design to enlarge on these topics, but in their 

 appropriate chapters they will be fully presented. It is with the 

 horse as we find him in America that we have to deal in this 

 work — the history of his diseases, their causes and cures, and 

 rational and generous rules for his treatment and general im- 

 provement. 



