CONTENTS 



FRONTISPIECE, SHOWING POINTS OF HORSE ..^ce 



CHAPTER I 



GROOMING, ------ 9 



Washing — Shampooing — Brushes and Brushing — Head-Stalls and 

 Halters — Clipping and Singeing — Bandages 



CHAPTER H 



FOODS AND FEEDING - - - -21 



Nitrogenous Foods — Hydrocarbous Foods — Carbo-Hydrates— Oats — 

 Barley — Wheat — Maize — Beans — Peas — Linseed — Xinseed- 

 Cake — Bran — Chaff — Hay — Straw — Artificial Grasses — 

 Swedes — Carrots — Feeding — Watering 



CHAPTER III 



VENTILATION, DISINFECTANTS, ETC.. - 43 



Air and Ventilation — Temperature of the Stable — How to give a Ball 

 or Bolus — How to give a Draught — Physic — Disinfectants 



CHAPTER IV 



CLEANING STABLE, FITTINGS, ETC. - 55 



Cleaning Stable, Fittings, and Appliances — Cleaning and Preserving 

 Harness — Cleaning Rusty-bits, Stirrups, etc. — Cleaning Harness 

 Mountings ; Plated Stirrups, Spurs, Bits and Fittings — Lamps — 

 Measuring for Harness — -Clippers — Summer Clothing — Winte"- 

 Clothing — Knee-Caps — How to Measure for a Horse-Rug — 

 Cleaning Saddles and Riding Bridles — Care of Clothing — 

 Cleaning and Preserving Boot-Tops — Groom's Clothing — 

 Saddle Clothes or Numnahs — Stable Requisites 



CHAPTER V 



BITS, MARTINGALES, REARING, SETTING, 



ETC. ------ 76 



Different Varieties of Bits — The SnafBeor Bridoon-Bit— Ring Snaffle — 

 Pelham Bit — Weymouth and Driving Bits — Bearing Rein and 

 its Uses — Martingale — Nose-Band — Kicking in Harness — Rear- 

 ing — Setting — Stumbling — Shying — Weaving — Crib-Biting — 

 Wind-Sucking 



