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VREFACE. 



S]>iritO(l or iliill ccM?. mako servicoiihlo liorsos. T onno<^ivo is duo tn 



the grace of Ood more tliaii to man s iV!i;eiicy, — tliiit fme grMcc. I 



mean, spread abroad through and existing in .ill His creatm-es, 



which operates in regenerating continually, mnking the good better, 



preventing those whose circumstances forbid their becoming good 



from })ecoming absolutely bad. 



The author of this book is known to me as one of the "fifted 



ones of the earth, because he is gifted to discern the natujv of 



animals, and educate them for man's service. The possession of 



this gift suggested his mission, and well has he followed it, and by 



it been educated himself to a degree rarely, if ever, attained by man 



before. T doubt if there be on the globe his equal in knowledge as 



to the best method of training horses. Through this volume he 



seeks to give the public the benefit of his experience. I bespeak for 



it the careful perusal of the curious, and of those especially whose 



judgment and heart alike prompt them to seek for and promulgate 



knowledge, which, being popularised, would make the people more 



humane and horses more serviceable 



AV. TI. 11. M. 



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