MODERN HORSE MANAGEMENT 



CHAPTER I 



AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION 



In placing this book before the horse-loving 



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ADDENDA 



The Author regrets that the following errors occur in the text. 

 The proofs of this book were corrected on Active Service under 

 conditions not amenable to concentration of thought. 



Conteats, page x, Ch. vd, line 3, jor "harmless" read " harioess." 



Page II, Sec. 40, line 9, tor "limited" read " varied." 



Page 16, column 2, line i, jor " oonifidence " read " obediience. ' ' 



Page 27, Sec. 99, line 14, jor " as a rule" read " often." 



Page 27, Sec. 102, lines i and 4, jor " manger " read "ha3rrack." 



Page 32, Sec. 122, line 4, for "roots" read "oats." 



Page 41, Sec. 163, line 18, /or " teaspoonful " read " tablespooniul." 



Page 73, Sec. 286, line 7, /or " beihind " read " below." 



Page 75, Sec. 292, line 11, /or "' soaked " read " soaped." 



Page 78, Sec. 303, line 20, /or " horse's " read " horse." 



Page 87, Sec. 342, line 2, /or " pacers" read " paces." 



Page 87, Sec. 345, line 24, /or " humerus " read " radius." 



Page 107, iSec. 420, line 34, /or "sprain" read "strain." 



Page 117, Sec. 471, line 31, /or " ist molar " read " ist permanent 



molar." 

 Page 119, column i, line 14, a/Ur "action" inseri "desirable." 

 Page 119, Sec. 476, 7th line from bottom, a/ter "should" inseri " not." 

 Page 121, Sec. 487, line 5, /or "which are " read "when." 

 Page 123, column 2, lines 18 and 20, /or "coal oil" read "kerosene 



oil." 

 Page 137, column 2, line 17, /or "' gT." read " grain." 

 Index, delete "Captive Animals," "Clipping Poodles," "Cropping 



Ears." A/ter " Times " delete " 894." 



average horseman fails is in not having perfect 

 naiip.nr.fi and comnlete control over his own 



g horses. I have dealt 

 Dies of feeding and water- 

 wing how absurd some of 

 ;. I have purposely gone 

 reasons, because unless 

 tid such a thing should be 

 be done. 



3 gone into physiology for 

 e discussed at some length 

 liting, for which I have 

 number of plaited tails, 

 i VII. I have pointed out 

 faults practised by horse- 

 ich case practical reasons, 

 ys from the horse's point 



table fact that so many i!.ngiisamen are sucn 

 poor horsemen. The cause of this is our conceit, 

 our unwillingness to learn. We ride more than 

 any other nation ; but mere riding does not 

 signify any knowledge of horsemanship. The 

 exhibitions of bad riding and the large number 

 of untrained horses in the hunting field are 

 sufficient to prove this. I have laid down no 

 theory that I have not proved to be correct with 

 all classes and ages of horses. But where the 



,0 my late riding-master, 



gear, who, it must be 



he British army in 1855, 



moter of what is now the 



try Tournament. He was 



ised Baucher's system of 



lis many good points, but 



ly wrong ones. I am also 



instructor, Sergt. -Major 



ho was the British army 



sports some six years ago. 



3 of horses and vehicles. 



I with anatomical diseases, 



of organs, and in Chapter 



e foot. These chapters 



om my notes taken while 



Veterinary College and 



iuxuin,-j ijiix,^..^x.j ^nd while practising in 



Western Canada. They have been made as 



up to date as possible by studying the latest 



veterinary journals. In most cases I give the 



treatment that I have found to be the most 



successful ; but, as I advise in these chapters, 



it is dangerous for an amateur to play with a 



sick horse or with drugs. 



I feel that the condensed pharmacopoeia, 

 giving the uses and doses of drugs, with tables 



