CONT ENTS. IX 



CHAPTER XV. 



PAGE 



Preceptor relates Ms manner of life in the country. Description of Mr. P 



and his daughters : 207 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Oriole and Mavourneen. A sylvan picture. A love for the beautiful not in- 

 compatible with training horses. Necessity for a liberal education. Incipient 

 lameness often shown by a change in the walk. A divided nail in a horse's 

 fop^t. Less liability to accidents from the present system of shoeing. Never 

 Mind's manner of walking The probable cause. The necessity for sweating 

 him. Commencement of his preparation for the sweat Physic. Eeasons for 

 not using it. How it acts. Lassitude following it. How to get rid of super- 

 fluous matter without purges. The more a horse eats the more work he will 

 require. The study of Ilippopathology. Remedy for looseness of the bowels. 

 Colts scouring. A homeopathic prescription. Cruelty of quacks 217 



CHAPTER XVH. 



Harnessing. How to harness a trotter. The bad effect of the martingale being 

 too short. The method of different drivers to recover a horse from a break. 

 The Preceptor's plan. Horses pulling when scoring. The advantage of "get- 

 ting away from the score" well. Remarks about driving Jane. Governing the 

 temper. A moment of passion may render nugatory the teaching of weeks. 

 Messenger blood in Maine. Driving on the ice. How to shoe for ice driving. 

 Care of horses when driven in the winter. Trotting on the Chicago river. 

 An exciting race. " A runaway " 229 



CHAPTER XVIH. 



The after-dinner smoke. Further remarks on the martingale. Harry Hieover's 

 and Carl Benson's views. Running and standing martingales. Importance of * 

 the first lessons. Pulling horses, and thoe that are easily driven. Fashion. 

 Miss Foote. Launcelot. Blinders. The proper adjustment of bridles. 

 Cleaning and preparation of feed. Mixing hominy and oats. Horse commis- 

 sary department. Oats, hominy, corn, and bran. Oatmeal and sago. The 

 amount of bran on oats, barley, and wheat. The effects of corn on " washy 

 horses" 242 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Regularity in exercising. The work of Never Mind on the day preceding the 

 sweat. Conversation on sweating. The objects of sweating. Relief to the 

 respiratory organs Benefit to the muscles. Horses not liable to "bake" 

 when this plan of sweating is followed. The action of the heart and lungs 

 during fast work. Greater increase of respiration than arterial action. Dif- 

 ference between a fat horse becoming tired, and one in condition. Powers of 

 recuperation. The diaphragm. Fat within the chest. How fat impedes the 

 action of the heart. Change in the blood. Its passage to the extremities. - 

 Gi-etting rid of the watery particles. Oily matter in the perspiration. Sab' 

 traction of the fatty globules probably makes the blood easier to propeL 

 Rhythm of the pulse and step. Lungs, heart, muscles, and digestive organs, 



