PREFACE 



THESE chapters, except that on "Man- 

 agement of a Pack of Hounds," appeared 

 originally in the "Boston Transcript;" 

 the chapter named, in the magazine Coach and 

 Saddle^ Chicago, 111., of which the author is the 

 editor. The pictures are from photographs taken 

 by Messrs. W. P. Robertson, 738 Eighth Avenue, 

 New York, and Messrs. Schreiber & Son, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



The chapters epitomize thirty years' active per- 

 sonal experience with every kind of horse for 

 every conceivable purpose, and the deductions 

 drawn are in no sense theoretical. Such a book 

 would have greatly helped the author when he 

 began as a youngster, and it is his earnest hope 

 that it may prove of use to others. 



FRANCIS M. WARE. 



