to sell a good horse to any person recommended by us, and, in case of any 

 dispute arising from the sale, to abide by our decision. Any person, resident 

 anywhere in New England, can have the benefit of this agreement by 

 calling at our office and registering his name and address. We make no 

 charge for this service either to customer or dealer. But, in order not to 

 encourage the traffic in unfit horses, we fix a minimum price, and do not 

 recommend any customer unless he is prepared to pay that sum. At 

 present, the minimum price is $100 for a horse under 1300 pounds; $125 

 for a horse over 1300 pounds. 



MEETINGS FOR DRIVERS 



A Smoke Talk and Meeting for Drivers, Stablemen and other persons 

 was held at Kingsley Hall on Bowdoin Street, in February, with a stere- 

 opticon exhibition of pictures of horses. During the present year we 

 mean to give two such entertainments, if our funds permit, at which we 

 hope to have the assistance of some good singers who are employed as 

 stablemen by the City of Boston and who sang this year at a meeting of 

 the Stablemen's Union. 



STABLE POSTERS 



We have prepared and published for free distribution, Hot Weather 

 Rules, Stable Rules and Drivers' Rules, and have given away about 15,950 

 copies of the Hot Weather Rules, and about 17,300 copies, each, of the 

 Drivers' Rules and Stable Rules. These Rules were prepared with the 

 greatest care, and after consultation with many veterinary surgeons and 

 practical horsemen, including officers of the United States Cavalry. We 

 have had requests for them from all parts of this country, from Manitoba 

 and Alberta, from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, from the Philippine 

 Islands and from Ireland. They have been adopted by the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College for the instruction of its students, are soon to be 

 translated for use by the Government among Indian tribes, and were re- 

 cently reprinted for its own use by a corporation in Maine owning nine 

 hundred horses. 



These Rules printed on plain paper are given aw^ay to all who apply 

 for them, and we furnish them printed on cardboard as posters at cost 

 price, namely, three cents apiece. 



To Horseshoers and Livery Stablekeepers we will send the cardboard 

 Rules free, if application for them is made at our office by telephone or 

 letter. 



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