CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Demand and high price of -well-bred horses — Mistakes in selection of brood 

 mares and bad economy in purchasing inferior animals — Hints on feed- 

 ing yoimg stock, especially during the winter — Superior value of 

 horses to other stock — Paddocks — Feeding — Exercise ... p. 1 



CHAPTER II. 



Treatment of mares during gestation and foal-bearing — Management, diet, 

 &c. , of the young foals ; arrangements of the stable and paddock for 

 both — Mistakes as to early discipline, and consequent injury to the 

 future steed — Careful management as to the hoofs, as well as use of a 

 moderately loose rein, highly necessary — Mistakes of ordinary coach- 

 men on the latter subject — Suggestions for improvements in harness — 

 All irritative measures to be avoided p.l2 



CHAPTER III. 



Worms in young horses, and their cure — Various prescriptions — Early 

 training at the bar, and moderation to be used — Grreat care to avoid 

 causing inflammation while breaking in — How to stop a horse whose 

 rider has been thrown — Ingenious cure of one that refuses to pull — 

 Young draught horses should not be put to heavy weights — Directions 

 how to manage young hunters across country, especially in leaping — 

 Use of loose boxes, and large stables — Extremes of heat and cold to 

 be carefully avoided — Clipping p. 19 



CHAPTER IV. 



Railways not injurious to the demand for draught horses — Comparative 

 safety of the coach and the rail — Experience in coach accidents — 

 Proper feeding for draught horses — Objections to the old hay-lofts — 

 Different qualities of hay, proper season for making it — Objection to 

 hay-making machines — Improvements introduced by Lord Ducie — 

 Manure — Plough horses, and their hours of work — Difference of diet 

 according to occupation — Value of wheat and other provisions, and of 

 manure p. 27 



