TRACKER, SPINK 6- CO., CALCUTTA, 
well-informed theoretically and practically, as to preparing horses for racing 
in that hot climate, as well as to their equipment and handling for ordinary 
work, but he also shows that he is possessed of no mean amount of that 
knowledge which is derived from the study of veterinary medicine. His re- 
marks on shoeing are most judicious and sensible, and if his recommendations 
were adopted and carried into effect, the pernicious farriery of the native 
shoeing-smiths would be replaced by a method which would greatly benefit 
horses and their owners. 
"Everything relating to racing in India, and the rules of the turf in that 
country, is embodied in Captain Hayes' book, and not the least valuable portion 
of it is the Hindustanee vocabulary, containing vernacular terms referring to all 
matters relating to the horse, as well as diseases, medicine, etc. This alone 
should make the guide valuable to the young veterinary surgeon, who finds 
himself compelled to pick up, as best he can, the rudiments of a strange 
language when he commences his tour of professional duty." 
Saturday Review. — " Captain Hayes has brought out a second edition of his 
w^ork on the training and management of horses in India. It is, of course, 
specially adapted to the circumstances of that country ; but the general 
instructions which it contains, and which are of a shrewd and practical cha- 
racter, render it a useful guide in regard to horses anywhere." 
Bombay Gazette. — "We have to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the 
new edition, re-arranged and much enlarged, of Captain Hayes' very valuable 
handbook on the above subject. Captain Hayes, by his ' Veterinary Notes for 
Horse-owners,' as w>ell as the former edition of the work we are now noticing, 
has already made his name pretty familiar to the lovers of horseflesh in India, 
and it would therefore be quite superfluous for us to say that he is an authority 
to whom the horse-owner may safely turn for advice and assistance on every 
kind of subject connected with the horse and his use." 
BY^ THE SAME A UTHOR, IN THE PRESS. 
INDIAN RACING REMINISCENCES. 
REPRINTED, V^ITH ADDITIONS FROM THE INDIAN NEWSPAPERS, 
V\^ITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. 
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