xvi CONTENTS. 



Visit to Maine 488 



Exciting Curiosity 491 



Success in Maine 493 



Special Experiments 495 



Difficulties 497 



Opposition 499 



Success in Cleveland 501 



Success in Michigan 503 



Publications Revised 507 



In New York 509 



Test Experiments 523 



Keeping Engagements 533 



CHAPTER XVII. 



BREEDING 537 



Selection of Stallion 539 



Care of the Mare , 540 



CHAPTER XVIII 



STABLING 543 



Serious Objections 545 



Ventilation 547 



Proper Style of Rack, etc 549 



CHAPTER XIX. 



FEEDING AND WATERING 550 



Cooking the Food 554 



Watering 557 



CHAPTER XX. 



HOW TO TELL THE AGE 559 



Diseases of the Teeth 56? 



CHAPTER XXI. 



SHOEING. Part First 580 



Outline of the Structure of the Foot 581-592 



General Remarks 627 



Trimming 646 



Excessive Paring. Remarks from Gamgee 653 



Adjustment of the Shoe .... 657 



Nailing the Shoe 661 



Clinching Down the Nail. 665 



Shoeing tho Hind Feet 666 



Contraction . 668 



