PREFACE TO THE FOUETH EDITION. 



ON returning to England, after bringing out the 

 previous edition of this work, I found so much new 

 material to add to the chapters on Hiding, Bitting, 

 Saddlery, and Wasting, that I thought, instead of 

 unduly enlarging the size of the present volume, it 

 would be better to utilise what I had already written 

 as the basis for a systematic treatise on that subject ; 

 the result being Biding : on the Flat and Across 

 Country. 



In the third edition of my Veterinary Notes for 

 Horse Owners, which was published a few months 

 ago, I have given a chapter on Shoeing, which I 

 treated as fully as the scope of the book would allow, 

 and have, accordingly, limited my remarks on this 

 subject, here, to a statement of the general principles 

 of the art and to the special points requiring attention 

 in India. 



While revising the present edition, I have endeavoured 

 to apply the information I have obtained, during the 

 past five years, in England, and, especially, at New- 

 market, for the benefit of owners and trainers in India. 

 I have, also, added a chapter on Teaching Horses to 

 Jump and on Steeplechase Courses ; and have rearranged 

 the vocabulary. 



M. H. HAYES, M.E.C.V.S. 



Eous ROAD, NEWMAKKET. 



November 1, 1884. 



