List of Illustrations 



A Typical Hunter's Head 

 A Useful Provincial Hunter- 



. Frontispiece 



The Stable . 



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This, though somewhat magnificent, shows 

 the head-room partitions and flooring, which 

 are equally possible in our own stables, though 

 in a plainer style. 



An Inexpensive Range of Boxes — Ranelagh Club 



A Comfortable Box for a Cob 



A Simple Saddle Room and Stand 



The Best Sort of Manger 



A Group of Useful Horses at Grass 



There is sufficient feed, yet the horses are no 

 gross, there is a good supply of water — a mos 

 important point 



Sensibility : The Head of a Thoroughbred (Per 

 SIMMON) .... 



The King's Stallion, Dlamond Jubilee 



This is worth study as an object-lesson on 

 the points of a horse. Note the sensible head, 

 the well-raised shoulder, the depth of the girth, 

 the strength of the loins, the well-defined knees 

 and hocks, the short-cannon bones, and the 

 easy slope of the pasterns. 



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