PREFACE, 



The indulgence of the public and the press 

 towards my former works has induced me to write 

 the present one as a companion to my last — 

 " The Pocket and the Stud." That chiefly treats 

 of stable economy, and the management of the 

 horse ; this, I hope, will be found an aid to 

 those in search of one. Numerous as are the 

 works devoted to this subject, a perusal of this 

 will show that I have at least occupied wholly 

 untrodden ground ; for I have not confined 

 myself merely to stating the perfections to be 

 sought for in the horse, but the imperfections 

 that may be tolerated ; hence, startling as the 

 idea may (to some) appear, this is not a work 

 pretending to put the reader in the way of getting 

 a perfect horse, but positively and unequivocally 

 recommending, under certain circumstances, and 

 in certain cases, the purchase of an imperfect one. 



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