PREFACE. 



THIS little work is intended as a guide to those who 

 have to do with horses, either as owners, purchasers, 

 breeders, trainers, managers, or attendants, and whose 

 experience has not been so extensive as those on whose 

 knowledge it is based. There is no pretence whatever 

 to novelty in any of the subjects treated; but it is to 

 be hoped that such absence of novelty will not detract from 

 utility, and that the hints contained in its pages may 

 be found of service, and assist those who are interested 

 in horses and horse management when they require 

 assistance. 



