and it you can get a friend who knows more than yon do 

 about the subject, get him to assist you whenever oppor- 

 tunity arises. 



A visit to Tattersall's, or any of the other Repositories, 

 is also of educational value. "Watch the horses as they come 

 up under the hammer ; note how they move ; observe the 

 different contour, the different behaviour of each horse ; 

 and, in short, convince yourself that it is quite as difficult 

 to find two horses identically alike as it is to find two men. 

 When you have got as far as this, your kindergarten days 

 as a horseman have but begun. 



Next get to know something al)out the anatomy of the 

 animal. Everyone knows the head from the tail; but a 

 horse also possesses withers, shoulders, quarters, hocks, 

 knees, elbows, forearms, canons, fetlocks, pasterns, hoofs, 

 etc., and until you get to know the proper formation of 

 these several parts you cannot spot those malformations, or 

 blemishes, w^hich may, or may not, be serious, but which, 

 as indicated above, so few horses are absolutely without. 



By studying the accompanying illustration a generally 

 correct knowledge of the location of the various parts may 

 be gained, as w^ell as of the seats of several of the " ifs" 

 above referred to; while a careful and intelligent perusal 

 of the chapters which follow will enable the novice to lay 

 in a sufficient store of information, which, together with 

 such practical experience as he may be able to obtain, will 

 entitle him to claim to be regarded as one j)ossessing at 

 least a fair acquaintance with the subject of ""Horses and 

 Horsemas tership . ' ' 



