fraud. Some dealers there are whom no one would trust, just 

 as there are tailors, bootmakers, grocers, and others of whom 

 every sensible man would beware; but given men of reputation , 

 and they are neither more nor less honest than other tradesmen ; 

 while many act in strictly honourable fashion towards their 

 customers. 



Like a good many more persons, Mr. Cook has managed to 

 mixed up intelligence with instinct, and calls a horse intelligent 

 because, having once stopped at a certain place, he looked out 

 for being pulled up there when he next passed, though a twelve- 

 month had elapsed between the two journeys. This, we venture 

 to suggest, was not intelligence it was memory, the horse's 

 strong point, upon which every skilful trainer and breaker plays. 



In the remarks on feeding and watering horses there is a good 

 deal of common sense ; but Mr. Cook would have done better 

 to have given more definite rules for the guidance of the 

 inexperienced. The little-and-often principle is good up to a 

 certain point : but four feeds a day we consider ample. We are 

 quite at one with Mr. Cook in his recommendation of frequent 

 watering ; and we cordially agree with him in his condemnation 

 of soft food for horses. The author is not a violent advocate 

 for the washing oi horses' legs ; but we would go further, and 

 say that under no circumstances should the legs of a hunter 

 be washed ; friction, and not water, is needed to cleanse the 

 hair and skin, and there is no greater promoter of mud fever than 

 washing the legs. Mr. Cook's work may be recommended to 

 those who are about to set up a useful pony or cob, as the 

 inexperienced horse owner will read several things that are worth 

 remembering ; and, as the book is couched in very homely 

 language, it will be the better understood. Those who keep 

 hunters will not find much dealing with that particular class of 

 horse ; nor is anything said about the superior class of carriage 

 horses. As a manual for general principles, the book may be 

 read with profit. From The Field Horse Management. 



The Horse: Its Keep and Management (Mr. William Cook). 

 Author of "The Practical Poultry Breeder and Feeder," &c. 

 Published by the Author, Orpington House, St. Mary Cray, Kent. 

 Price 2s. 6d. It is evident that Mr. Cook has written this book 

 can amore, he having been amongst horses from a very early 

 age. He tells in a very homely way how the animal should be 

 bred, fed, broken, and treated, and keeps entirely away from the 

 scientific side of the subject. What he recommends is the out- 

 come of experience ; and if the volume is less presumptuous than 

 many others we come across, it can be understood by those who 

 read it, and numerous useful hints may be obtained from it. 

 From Farm, Field & Fireside. 



The Horse: its Keep and Management (By William 

 Cook) : Anyone who writes a Book with the avowed intention 

 of teaching the British public how to treat their horses 

 better than is, alas ! the present rule deserves the sympathy 



