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PREFACE. 



It has been one of our greatest aims, in preparing matter for tins book. 

 to make it as plain as possible for non-professional readers, and to give them 

 information which is of the greatest importance to horsemen, and yet avoid 

 all technical terms as much as possible, and also condense the book as much 

 as we can without leaving out the real essential information in treating each 

 subject. 



It contains an Index of Diseases, giving a description of each, with causes, 

 symptoms and treatment. Also, a large collection of Valuable Receipts, of 

 which many single receipts are worth, to every horse owner, several times the 

 price of the book. 



The treatment given for each disease can be relied on as being the best. 

 To aid non-professional horse owners, in deciding what the disease may be, 

 we give engravings which show the positions taken in the different stages of 

 diseases, and which are of great value in coming to a positive conclusion as 

 to the nature of the disease. 



