CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. PURCHASE AND PRELIMINARIES i 



II. As TO " SOUNDNESS " 22 



III. STABLING AND STABLES 33 



IV. STABLE MANAGEMENT ......... 47 



V. CONDITION AND CONDITIONING 60 



VI. THE "GREEN" OR UNACCLIMATED HORSE AND 



His CARE 73 



VII. THE HORSE'S EDUCATION 81 



VIII. MOUTHS AND MANNERS 99 



IX. THE FOOT AND ITS TREATMENT 115 



X. THE APPOINTMENT FAD , , 125 



XL THE SADDLE-HORSE 140 



XII. THE HUNTER AND His EDUCATION . . . . 159 



XIII. THE STEEPLECHASER AND His SCHOOLING . . 180 



XIV. RIDING FOR BEGINNERS 197 



XV. FOUR-IN-HAND DRIVING 21 1 



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