CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 



niBT'iRT, BREEDS AND VARIKTIES OF HORSES IN TirE UNITED STATES. 



Ori-' :iQd \ aino i)i tiie horse— The Arabian horse—Tlie Morgan horse— The raoa 

 j,,,io«— Tlie ^ :madian horse — The Xonnan horse— The Clevehiml bay— The 

 American trotUug horse- Dray or draft horse Page 13-2S. 



CHAPTER II. 



BP.KEDENG AND MANAGEMENT OF COLTS. 



La^\'S of breeding— like begets like — exceptions— illustrations— object of breed 

 ing — breeding — ^Temperament — Errors in breeding — Size — Condition — Exam 

 pic— Selections of inares— Stallion— Disposition— After mana.joment of mares 

 — beeding fancy colors — Rearing and management of colts — Breaking— Cas- 

 tration — How to tame wild horses 2S-4S. 



CHAPTER III. 



J 5 T. \"_ , .j^ NEW METHOD OF TAMING WILD H0ESE3. 



Three fundamental principles — How to succeed in getting the colt from pasture. 

 How to stable a colt without trouble— The kind of halter— Remarks on the 

 horse— Experiment wifeli the robe — Sense of smelling — Powel's system— To 

 govern horses of any kind — If of a stubborn disposition — How to halter and 

 lead — Side of a broke horse— Hitch without having him pull on the halter- 

 Kind of bit, how to accustom a horse to it— To stable a colt— To mount the 

 colt — To ride a colt — To drive a horse that is very wild and has any vicious 

 habits — On balking — To break a horse to harness — How to hitch a horse in a 

 sulky— To make a horse lie down— To make a horse follow you— To make a 

 horse stand without holdinic 48-90. 



