PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. V 



entertain a hope, from the circumstance of this 

 third edition being called for. 



Finding "The Pocket and the Stud" was 

 meeting a rapid sale, I wrote and published a com- 

 panion to it — " The Stud for Practical Purposes 

 and Practical Men." This work keeps in view 

 the interest of the Pocket and Stud quite as much 

 as its predecessor, and some particulars to a still 

 greater extent. 



It sets before the reader the consequences to 

 be expected from the different ailments, general 

 imperfections, and peculiar habits of the horse, 

 whether arising from treatment or natural causes, 

 showing where he may venture to purchase, and 

 where it would be judicious to reject an animal 

 under the influence of any of the imperfections or 

 peculiarities alluded to. 



" The Pocket and the Stud " has been, I 

 am aware, a taking title to the book ; for, as the 

 world is now constituted, a vast number of its 

 inhabitants are at once on the qui vive where any- 

 thing relative to a saving of the pocket is con- 

 cerned. So be it ; and under the impression that 

 it is so, I venture to recommend " The Stud for 

 Practical Purposes" for the reader's perusal, feeling 

 perfectly confident that, if the hints given in 



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