26 LEA & BLANCHARD'S PUBLICATIONS. 



YOUATT AND SKINNER'S STANDARD WORK ON THE HORSE. 



THE HOUSE. 



BY WILLIAM YOUATT. 



A NEW EDITION, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. 



TOGETHER WITH A 



GENERAL HISTORY OE THE HORSE; 



A DISSZHTATI02T OX 



THE AMERICAN TROTTING HORSE; 



HOW TRAINED AND JOCKEYED. 



AN ACCOUNT OF HIS REMARKABLE PERFORMANCES; 



AND 



AN ESSAY ON THE ASS AND THE MULE, 



BY J. S. SKINNER, 



Assistant Post Master General, and Editor of tlie Tnrf Register. 



This edition of Youatt's well known and standard work on the Management, Diseases, and 

 Treatment of the Horse, has already obtained such a wide circulation throughout the country, that 

 the Publishers need say nothing to attract to it the attention and confidence of all who keep Horses 

 or are interested in their improvement. 



" In introducing this very neat edition of Youatt's well known book, on " The Horse," to our 

 readers, it is not necessary, even if wc had time, to say anything to convince them of its worth; it 

 has been highly spoken of, by those most capable of appreciating its merits, and its appearance 

 under the patronage of the " Societj^for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge," with Lord Brougham 

 at its head, affords a full guaranty for its high character. The book is a very valuable one, and we 

 endorse the recommendation of the editor, that every man who owns the ' hair of a horse,' should 

 have it at his elbow, to be consulted like a family physician, ' for mitigating the disorders, and pro- 

 longing the life of the most interesting and useful of all domestic animals.' " — Farmer's Cabinet. 



"This celebrated work has been completely revised, and much of it almost entirely re-written 

 by its able author, who, from being a practical veterinary surgeon, and withal a great lover and 

 excellent judge of the animal, is particularly well qualified to write the history of the noblest of 

 quadrupeds. Messrs. Lea & Blanchard of Philadelphia have republished the above work, omitting 

 a few of the first pages, and have supplied their place with matter quite as valuable, and perhaps 

 more interesting to the reader in this country: it being nearly 100 pages of a general history of the 

 horse, a dissertation on the American trotting horse, how trained and jockeyed, an account of his 

 remarkable performances, and an essay on the Ass and Mule, by J. S. Skinner, Esq., Assistant Post- 

 master General, and late editor of the Turf Register and American Farmer. Mr. Skinner is one 

 of our most pleasing writers, and has been familiar with the subject of the horse from childhood, 

 and we need not add that he has acquitted himself well of the task. He also takes up the import- 

 ant subject, to the American breeder, of the Ass, and the Mule. This he treats at length and con 

 amore. The Philadelphia edition of the Horse is a handsome octavo, with numerous wood cuts." — 

 American Agriculturist. 



" One of the most useful books which the impulse given to agricultural knowledge within a few 

 years, has produced, is the work on 'The Horse,' by Youatt. Since its publication in 1S31, its 

 sale has been great and constant, and its circulation considerable even in the United States. A new 

 edition was lately published in London, and this we are happy to say, has been re-published by Lea 

 & Blanchard, in a beautiful style, and at a cheap rate. But the principal additional value of this 

 new American edition, is a thorough revision to adapt it the more exactly to the circumstances of 

 this country, and a most valuable introduction, by J. S. Skinner, well known for his labours in the 

 cause of agriculture, and editor of the Turf Register. The introduction shows Mr. Skinner to be 

 a thorough roaster of his subject, and the mass of information he has brought together on the his- 

 tory of the horse, the improvement, character, and performances of that noble animal, is such as 

 could have been collected only by one who understood and appreciated the subject of which he 

 was treating. He has also added a valuable essay on the Ass and the Mule. The improvement of 

 animals, or the science of crosses, we consider as but in comparative infancy; and wo hail with 

 pleasure a work like the ' Introduction,' calculated still farther to advance this great interest. We 

 thank Mr. Skinner for this volume, and the labour he has bestowed upon it; it will prove a most 

 acceptable present, we cannot doubt, to the public, and should be in the hands of every one who 

 keeps a horse." — Albany Cultivator. 



L. & B. WILL PUBLISH, 



THE DOG. 



BY WILLIAM YOUATT. 

 IN ONE VOLUME. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. 



