THE 



GENTLEMAN'S 

 NEW POCKET FARRIER, 



COMPRISING A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF 



THE NOBLE AND USEFUL ANIMAL 



THE HORSE; 



TOGETHER WITH 



THE QUICKEST AND SIMPLEST MODE OF FATTENING ; NECESSARY TREAT 



MENT WHILE UNDERGOING EXCESSIVE FATIGUE-, OR ON A JOURNEY ; 



THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF STABLES ; DIFFERENT 



MARKS FOR ASCERTAINING THE AGE OF A HORSE. 



ALSO, 



A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF THE DISEASES TO WHICH THE HORSE IS SUBJECl 

 WITH SUCH REMEDIES AS LONG EXPERIENCE HAS 

 PROVED TO BE EFFECTUAL. 



BY RICHARD MASON, M. D. 



FORMERLY OF SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 



EIGHTH EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS. 



TO WHICH IS ADDED, 



A PRIZE ESSAY ON MULES ; 



AND 



AN APPENDIX, 



Containing Observations and Recipes for the cure of most of the 

 common distempers incident to Horses, Oxen, Cows, 

 Calves, Sheep, Lambs, Swine, Dogs, &c. &c. 

 Selected from different authors. 



ALSO, AN ADDENDA, 



CONTAINING 



ANNALS OF THE TURF, 



AMERICAN STUD BOOK, 



RULES FOR TRAINING, RACING, &c. 



PHILADELPHIA: 



GRIGG & ELLIOT, No. 9 NORTH FOURTH STREET. 



1841. 



