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IT was my original intention to have sent this Trea- 

 tise forth with a brief exposition of every complaint and 

 accident the liorse is subject to, which I had divided 

 into thirty-five classes, under a hundred and fifty 

 heads, but at present I am prevented doing so : at 

 some future period these may possibly be added. On 

 the request of an old acquaintance, not to fail to sub- 

 join a few lines on red urine, and bursautee, I have 

 dwelt a little on these two diseases, though out of 

 their place. 



I have now to acknowledge my thanks to Professors 

 Spooner and Morton, of the Royal Veterinary College, 

 for their very great kindness in perusing the foregoing 

 before publication ; Mr. Morton has, also,most oblig- 

 ingly undertaken the trouble of seeing the whole 

 through the press for me ; and if there are any little 

 points not in strict accordance with the views of these 

 scientific gentlemen, they are, perhaps, of no great 

 importance. I can, however, assure you iny manu- 

 script received due praise, especially for the forcible 

 expounding and illustration of the Foot and Heel ; 

 and I therefore arn entitled to expect the work will 

 soon realize me half a fortune ; in order to succeed in 

 which, I am about to change half my name. In conclu- 

 sion then, critical gentlemen, I respectfully caution you 

 to "Ware Name/'* and if you do not liberally patronize 

 these pages, drawn out by the head of BLUNT SPURS, 

 you may yet get punished with a heel, and be brought 

 to the ground by 



SHARP SPURS. 



* "Ware horse," I suppose, you know, is the caution given in England to 

 the bystanders, when a horse is broiight out for sale. 



