CONTENTS 



PART I. 



Object of the Book 5 



Request to Readers 6 



" Five-dollar Jockeys " sometimes Slandered 10 



Why Horses are not Fed on Mince-Pie and Pickles. . . . n-12 



Foul Air and Disease in Stable and Home 12-13, 29 



Mistaken kindness to immediately Blanket a Steaming 



Horse 13-14 



Instinct vs. Reason 15 



Cruel Kindness 16-38-48 



How to transform a " Seedy " Horse 17-24-25 



" Condition " in Horses 18 



Why they go Lame suddenly ; Importance of Work. 19, 74, 77 



Flesh vs. Fat 20 



A Soft Horse — Fatty Degeneration 21-22, 61 



Hint to would-be Race- Winners 23 



Letter to Turf, Field, and Farm 24 



Two-meal System 24-31-34-35-85-86 



Extra Feed — When Injurious 26 



Dyspepsia or Indigestion — Symptoms and Cause 28-29 



Importance of Rest before Eating, and Leisure after. . . 29 



What " Kicks " 30 



Cause and Cure of " Pulling" ; The Human " Puller.". .31-32 



Popular Prejudice against Innovations 35 



" Colds " — What this Disorder really Is, and How 



Saused 37-38 



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