PREFACE 



THESE chapters, except that on "Man- 

 agement of a Pack of Hounds," appeared 

 originally in the " Boston Transcript ; " 

 the chapter named, in the magazine Coach and 

 Saddle, Chicago, 111., of which the author is the 

 editor. The pictures are from photographs taken 

 by Messrs. W. P. Robertson, 738 Eighth Avenue, 

 New York, and Messrs. Schreiber & Son, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



The chapters epitomize thirty years' active per- 

 sonal experience with every kind of horse for 

 every conceivable purpose, and the deductions 

 drawn are in no sense theoretical. Such a book 

 would have greatly helped the author when he 

 began as a youngster, and it is his earnest hope 

 that it may prove of use to others. 



FRANCIS M. WARE. 



