TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I.— Selecting the Hoese S 



Morgans.— Cleveland Bays.— French Coach Horses.— Western Ponies. 

 —How to Tell the Age by the Teeth.— Good and Bad Legs.— How 

 to Detect Unsoundness and Blemishes. 



CHAPTER II.— PEEDDtG AUD ■Wateeino 33 



Feeding Stuffs and their Cliemlcal Composition.— How to Make a 

 WeU-balanced Ration.— Amount of Pood Requii-ed.— Watering. 



CHAPTER m.— Baens aub Stables 39 



Light, Ventilation and Drainage. — Hay-racks and Feed-troughs.— 

 Floors.— Views and Plans of six Bams. 



CHAPTER rv.— Stable Management 55 



Proper Care of the Stable.— Bedding.— Grooming.— Clothing.— Stalls 

 and Loose Boxes.— Stable Habits and Vices.— Daily Exercise.- Turn- 

 ing to Grass and Taking up. — Disposal of Manure. 



CHAPTER v.- Clipping, Singeing AND Tkimming 73 



Should the Horse be Clipped ?— When and How to Do it.— Machine 

 Clipping. — The Mane and Tail. 



CHAPTER VI.— Oh the Road. 79 



Driving for Business or Pleasure — A Spin on the Eoad.— Driving a 

 Pair. — Balking.- Shying. — ^Running Away. — Catching the Lines. — 

 Hanging out the Tongue. 



CHAPTER VII.— Reding on Hoeseback 89 



Bits, Bridles and Saddles. — How to Mount and lUde. — Equestrianism 

 for Ladies. 



CHAPTER Vni.— Haenes* and Vehicles 93 



Harness with English CoUar.— Breast Collar.— Care of Harness.— 

 Eoad Wagons and Eoad Carts.— Care of Vehicles. 



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