10 PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION. 



by the experience of the world since then, and so gen- 

 erally adopted, that I have felt constrained to leave that 

 portion of the work substantially as it was originally 

 written, although to the young breeder of to-day it may 

 appear strange that so much space should be devoted to 

 what ought to have been obvious to all intelligent men 

 without waiting for the confirmation which the experi- 

 ence of the past ten years has furnished. 



The chapter by Prof. Law on " Diseases of the Genera- 

 tive Organs," taken by permission from the recent Gov- 

 ernment publication on the " Diseases of Horses, 1 ' more 

 especially that portion devoted to difficult parturition, 

 will, I am sure, be found a most valuable addition to the 

 work. 



K! In the illustrations of the various breeds I have not 

 attempted to give, in any case, a picture of the model 

 horse of the breed, but rather to present an illustration 

 that should in each case be typical and characteristic of 

 the breed represented; and in this the artist has been 

 in most cases reasonably successful. 



Feeling certain that with the changes made and the 

 matter now for the first time incorporated in the work 

 the book will prove vastly more valuable to the practical 

 breeder than the previous editions, it is respectfully 



submitted to the public. 



J. H. SANDERS, 

 CHICAGO, September, 1893. 



