PKEFACE 



TO TKE FIEST EDITION. 



The object of the present Treatise is to lay before the 

 profession and the public, in as short and convenient a 

 form as possible, the Law of Contracts concerning Horses, 

 whether it be in buying, selling, hiring, or in any other 

 manner dealing with them ; to ascertain the liabilities in- 

 curred by parties either on " the road," through negligent 

 driving, or in "the field," by riding over the lands of 

 another ; also to explain the present state of the law with 

 regard to Racing, Wagers, and Gaming, in connection 

 with the recent alterations effected by the Act of Victoria. 

 The Appendix contains some very late cases, a few im- 

 portant Statutes, and other information which may be 

 found useful for general reference. An attempt has been 

 made, by a judicious division of the subject, and the 

 introduction of marginal notes, to make the text as acces- 

 sible as possible. 



G. H. H. O. 



Temple : May \Uh, 1847. 



