DELISSER'S 



HORSEMAN'S GUIDE. 



COMPRISING 



THE LAWS ON WARRANTY, AND THE RULES IN 

 PURCHASING AND SELLING HORSES, WITH 

 THE DECISIONS AND REPORTS OF VARI- 

 OUS COURTS IN EUROPE AND THE 

 UNITED STATES. 



TO WHICH IS ADDED 



A DETAILED ACCOTJl^^T OF WHAT C0:N-STITUTE SOirND:N^ESS 



AXD unsou:ndness, and a pkecise method simply 



LAID DOWN, EOR THE EXAMITSTATION OF HORSES, 

 SHOWING THEIR AGE TO THIRTY YEARS OLD. 



TOGETHEK WITH AN 



EXPOSURE OF THE VARIOUS TRICKS AND UMPOSITIONS PRACTICED BY LOW 

 HORSE DEALERS (JOCKEYS ) ON INEXPERIENCED PERSONS. 



ALSO 



A valuable Table of each and every bone in the structure of the Horse. 



THE ENTIRE MATTER CAREFULLY COMPILED FROM TWENTY ENG- 

 LISH, FIVE AMERICAN, SIX FRENCH, AND NINE GERMAN 

 VETERINARY AUTHORS, WITH THE OPINIONS OF 

 THE COMPILER ATTACHED. 



BY 



GEO. P. DELISSER, V. S. AND L. A. 



And Late Examining Veterinary Surgeon to the Amei'ican Society for 

 the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 



NEW YORK: 



DICK & FITZGERALD, PUBLISHERS, 



18 Ann Street. 



