PREFACE 
Since publication of the Third Edition in 
7898, changes have taken place which have 
enduced me to reprint this littl work, 
making the various alterations and additions 
necessary. Lf the subject were not one of 
emportance [ should not venture to put 
forward the suggestions offered in the 
following pages 
The history of the horse, including that 
of the race-horse, has been my study for 
many years. TL have watched the success 
which has attended the horses of certain 
racing studs from the days of Mr. Bowes, 
Lord Glasgow, Mr. Merry, Sir Joseph 
Flawley, Lord Falmouth and the Hampton 
Court Stud, down to the horses bred and 
raced tn recent times 
Lt cannot be doubted that horses, whether 
Thoroughbred, Shire, or any other breed, 
deteriorate after a time, if grazed on over- 
stocked pastures which have become “ staled” 
through long use by horses 
Elsenham Flall, Essex 
April, rgro 
