CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION xi 



PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION xv 



PART I; 



PURCHASING FROM THE STABLES, ETC 1 



The Caste 1 



The Build, commencing with the Quarters, Tail, Thighs, 



Stifle, &c .' 4 



The Hocks and the Hind Parts proof of half the Breeding. 6 



The Head, Nostrils, Mouth, Lips, Eye, Ears, &c 10 



The Neck 12 



The Withers and Back 13 



The Shoulder and Chest 15 



The Depth of Girth, and Carcase 16 



The Elbow and Forearm, &c 17 



The Knee, and Back Sinews, and Suspensory Ligament. 



The Shank-bone, Fetlocks, &c '. 18 



The Pasterns, &c 23 



Position of the Legs 25 



The Feet 26 



The Testicles, &c 30 



The Colour 31 



Arriving Thin 32 



Manner of Going 34 



"Price 34 



Advice 37 



The Griffin's Catechism 40 



Racer 4, ^ 



Charger 43 



Hunter 44 



