THE FOUR-IN-HAND AND COACHING CLUBS, 



COUNTRY GENTLEMEN, MEMBERS OF HIGHWAY BOARDS. 



ROAD SURVEYORS, COACHMEN, 



AND ALL PERSONS WHO USE AND ARE INTERESTED IN THE CONDITION OF THE 



queen's high AND BYWAYS, 



AND TO THOSE WHO REGARD THE WELL-BEING AND PROPER TREATMENT OF HORSES 

 AS A MATTER OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE AND GRAVE NECESSITY, 



AND WHO ARE INFLUENCED, NOT ONLY BY MOTIVES OF HUMANITY, BUT ALSO BY 

 ECONOMICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS, 



SINCE TO ILL-TREAT MEANS TO INJURE, 

 AND TO INJURE MEANS TO CAUSE A DEPRECIATION IN VALUE. 



CHob, in permitting man to snbjug-.ttc ;tnb subordinate inmb animals \o Itis nst, 



EVIDENTLY TRUSTED THAT, 



BY REASON OF HIS SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE, 



HE WOULD TREAT THEM WITH WISDOM AND HUMANITY. 



