General Remarks and Information. 



The writer's object How horses are spoiled The horse dealer- 

 beware ! The folly of using harsh measures, and injurious after- 

 effects resulting therefrom Shying and making shy. 



A /T ANY horses in this country are not only abused 

 -L-V-L by those who attend to them, hut in many cases 

 by the owners themselves. It is the mismanagement of 

 these noble animals which has induced me to give a 

 little spare time to writing this little book. I am neither 

 a veterinary surgeon nor a horse dealer but a horse 

 breeder, and my intention is just to give a general out- 

 line of the management of the horse, as I am a lover 

 of the animal. To experienced persons this work may not 

 be of any very great value, but even those who have 

 had long experience and are really very fond of their 

 horses will no doubt find something useful. The book 

 is written in so simple a form that even a boy can 

 understand it. I usually find it is far better to put 

 things in such a way as though no one knew anything 

 about the subject but the writer. This enables practical 

 persons to see they are right, and those who are not 

 can just have a bird's-eye view of the most simple way 

 to manage a horse or horses. 



