feeding, watering, bedding, cleaning, clipping, singeing, shoeing, 

 breeding, breaking, driving, diseases, &c., &c. It is written in 

 plain simple language, that lie who runs may read, and thousands 

 who may have been stranded with scientific works cannot fail 

 to find in this work much sound information. It is written by 

 a shrewd observer, and will be found of very great service to 

 those to whom it appeals. Poultry. 



THE A. B.C. OF HORSE MANAGEMENT. Mr. W. Cook, of 

 Orpington House, St. Mary Cray, who has already achieved 

 some degree of fame as an exponent of the ,irt of poultry- 

 keeping so as to pay, has turned his attention 10 the treatment 

 of horses, and has issued a simple handbook to horse manage- 

 ment which should be of more use to the inexperienced in such 

 matters than the "highly scientific compilations on the same 

 subject, used by more advanced folk. The author confesses in 

 his preface that his object in view is not so much the examina- 

 tion of scientific theories on the subject as simply to deal with 

 the practical management of the horse in such a way as to 

 enable the most inexperienced to find in its pages the plain and 

 simple facts of matters which press for attention, and sufferings 

 which call for speedy relief. During his travels in various 

 parts of the country he has been "frequently appalled" at the 

 bad management to which horses are subjected. He is inclined 

 to think that this is not the result of a desire to be cruel on 

 the part of those who keep the animals, but the outcome often- 

 times of ignorance as to their real wants, and the treatment 

 that is necessary and effectual to the relief of their sufferings. 

 Having therefore a claim to be heard as having been among 

 horses from a very early age, he has written the book, and has 

 sent it forth to the public with a sincere desire that many will 

 find it helpful, and that the horses of this country will, as a 

 result of its appearance, be treated better and more intelligently. 

 The book itself contains chapters on feeding, watering, bedding- 

 down, and on breeding, breaking-in, horses' diseases, and subjects 

 of more general information. It is nicely turned out by Messrs. 

 E. Clarke and Sons, of St. Mary Cray, and although it contains 

 many statements open to controversy, it is likely to prove 

 useful. District Times, August 8th, 1891. 



The Horse : Its Keep and Management (By William Cook) : 

 In homely style Mr. Cook has indited a book which will not be 

 without its value to those who keep nag horses for purely 

 utilitarian purposes. In justice, however, to a class of men who 

 are much maligned, we feel bound to protest against such 

 sweeping passages as this: " It is a known fact horse dealers are 



looked upon as a race of men who will tell any untruth as long 

 as they are able to strike a good bargain." Again, "I . . . 

 find in many cases a horse dealer will often sell a gentleman 

 a horse, telling him he is a first-class animal and will just suit 

 him, when the man knows all the time it will be of no use to 

 the purchaser." This is tantamount to a charge of. deliberate 



