PREFACE. 



It has been one of our greatest aims, in preparing matter for this bool^! 

 to make it as plain as possible for non-professional readers, and to give theiK 

 information -which is of thfe-greatest importance to horsemen, and yet avojp 

 all technical terms as ihuchas possible, and also condense the book as mucji 

 as we c^n without leaving out the real essential information in treating eac^ 

 -subject. 

 / It contains an Index of Diseases, giving a descriptioa of each, with causeft 

 sympljoms and tj-teatment. Also, a largp, collection of Valuable Beceipts, <^ 

 which Inany single receipts are worth, to every horse owner, several limes th s 

 Brice of the book. 



' The treatment given for each disease can be relied on as being the best 

 To'aid non-professional horse owners, in deciding what the disease may be . 

 we give engravings which show the positions taken in the different stages o ^ 

 diseases, and which are of great value in coming to a positive conclusion a i 

 to the nature of the disease. 



EXPLANATION OF THE ENGRAVING ON THE COVER. 



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