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THE PLAK OF THE BOOK. 



The object of the author in planning this book was to have 

 it so arranged that the breeder, farmer, teamster, liveryman, 

 horse student, and, in fact, anyone desirous of obtaining inform- 

 ation of any kind concerning the horse, whether in relation 

 to his breeding and the different breeds, or to feeding, training, 

 shoeing, doctoring, use, and general management, can readily 

 find the information desired so arranged under its proper head- 

 ings as to be easily come-at-able. 



In treating of diseases and their remedies, the author has 

 endeavored to use the English language void of technicalities, 

 and made as plain and easily understood as possible. Perhaps 

 not so plain that "he who runs may read; and the wayfaring 

 man, though a fool, may not err therein," but so plain that the 

 average farmer and the average farmer's son may find and 

 readily understand the desired information sought in relation 

 to any subject connected with the horse from long before his 

 advent into the world on to the time of his death. A horse 

 text-book, in fact, relating to all subjects connected with the 

 horse, from his earliest history down through all ages to the 

 present time. 



The horseman's everyday book, which may be profitably 

 consulted every day in the year. The standard authority on 

 horses, embracing all knowledge necessary for the instruction 

 of the breeder, owner, and student, but not entering into 

 racing and race records, except in individual cases, as connected 

 with breeding, and to give the world's fastest records in all 

 ways of going and the fastest trotting and pacing of animals 

 of all ages from one to five years to January 1, 1895. 



