CHAPTER IV 



GENERAL MANAGEMENT : GROOMING 

 — STABLING — FEEDING 



The one-horse owner seldom keeps 

 a man only for the stable, as the 

 work to be done would not be sufficient 

 to occupy his whole time. He there- 

 fore generally fills in the odd hours by 

 working in the house or in the garden. 

 The chief requisites for a successful 

 coachman are steadiness, sobriety, good 

 temper, and a love of animals. The 



man who is hasty or brutal will soon 



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