16 PREFACE 



or the " horsey " friend whom he may be 

 showing over his stable. The veterinary 

 section also asks for the same modest under- 

 standing. Simple ailments are only dealt with, 

 for if the capability to realise their presence 

 is learnt and appreciated, then there will be 

 but little danger of the graver troubles being 

 overlooked. With this explanation I put 

 down my pen, feeling that the very unpre- 

 tentiousness of the volume will earn the 

 kindly consideration of the critics, and that 

 I may have perhaps done a little to help 

 the animal for whom no man hath greater 

 love than has 



HAROLD TREMAYNE. 



