THACKER, SPINK 6- CO., CALCUTTA. 



a careful perusal of the present it appears to contain everything pertaining 

 to training and managing horses. The author proves himself to be not 

 only well-informed theoretically and practically, as to preparing horses for 

 racing in that hot climate, as well as to their equipment and handling for 

 ordinary work, but he also shows that he is possessed of no mean amount 

 of that knowledge which is derived from the study of veterinary medicine. 

 His remarks on shoeing are most judicious and sensible, and if his recom- 

 mendations were adopted and carried into effect, the pernicious farriery of 

 the native shoeing-smiths would be replaced by a method which would 

 greatly benefit horses and their owners. 



" Everything relating to racing in India, and the rules of the turf in that 

 country, is embodied in Captain Hayes' book, and not the least valuable 

 portion of it is the Hindustanee vocabulary, containing vernacular terms 

 referring to all matters relating to the horse, as well as diseases, medicine, 

 etc. This alone should make the guide valuable to the young veterinary 

 surgeon, who finds himself compelled to pick up, as best he can, the rudi- 

 ments of a strange language when he commences his tour of professional 

 duty." 



Saturday Review. — " Captain Hayes has brought out a second edition of 

 his work on the training and management of horses in India. It is, 

 of course, specially adapted to the circumstances of that country ; but 

 the general instructions which it contains, and which are of a shrewd 

 and practical character, render it a useful guide in regard to horses any- 

 where." 



Bombay Gazette. — " We have to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of 

 the new edition, re-arranged and much enlarged, of Captain Hayes' very 

 valuable handbook on the above subject. Captain Hayes, by his ' Veter- 

 inary Notes for Horse-owners,' as well as the former edition of the work 

 we are now noticing, has already made his name pretty familiar to the 

 lovers of horseflesh in India, and it would therefore be quite superfluous for 

 us to say that he is an authority to whom the horse-owner may safely turn 

 for advice and assistance on every kind of subject connected with the horse 

 and his use. 



" Throughout the whole of this valuable contribution to the literature of 

 the horse and his management the author has said his say in a plain, prac- 

 tical manner, yet with a graphic fluency of diction which renders the book 

 ■quite pleasant reading in comparison to many others of the treatises which 

 have appeared on the same subject." 



