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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
195 
HOTS TO HORSE -KEEPERS. 
A COMPLETE 
MANUAL FOR HORSEMEN. 
By the late HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT, (frank forester.) 
There are very few books which all who own or use the horse, can peruse with greater satisfaction than this. For indicating the principle which should guide one In breeding 
buying, training, and. using horses, it stands unrivaled among American hooka. 
How to Breed a IIor9E. — Choice of Stallion". 
Choice of the Mare. 
Mutual Adaptation of Sire and Dam. 
Canadian Blood. Norman Blood. Modern Arab 
Blood. 
Ponies — Different Breeds, Characteristics and 
Ftility.— Origin— Different Breeds— Shetlanda and Scots 
—Galloways and Narragau sett a— Mustangs and Indians — 
Profit of raising Ponies. 
now to Breed Mules.— Value of Mules— Their His- 
tory and Natural History — Thorough-blood wasted in the 
Dam for Mules— The Mule in the United States— Vari- 
eties of the Asa— The kind of Mares to be selected, 
CONTENTS. 
now to Bur a noRSE. — Of whom to Buy it— How to 
Examine the Eye— Broken Wind— Roaring— Whistling— 
Broken Knees— To examine the Legs — Splenta— Damaged 
Back Sinews— Spavins— Kingbonea— Curbs— How to tell 
the Age of a Horse. 
How to Feed a nortsE. — Consequences of Improper 
Feeding—Different Food for different conditions— Food 
for the Brood Mare — For the Foat— For Working Horses 
—Green Food— Carrota— Corn. 
How to Stable and Groom a Horse. — Requisites 
for a good Stable— The economy of Proper Arrangements 
— Ventilation— Grooming. 
How to Break and Use a Horse.— What is required 
in a well-broken Horse— His education should Commence 
■when a Colt — Bitting— Putting in Harness— LTow to Use 
n Horse — Travelling — Working — Pleasure Horses — Pun- 
ishment. 
now to Pfttsio a Horse — Simple Remedies foii 
Simple Ailments. — Causes of Ailments — Medicines to 
be given only by the order of the Master — Depletion and 
Purging— Sp'asmodic Colic — Inflammation of the Bowels 
—Inflammation of the Lungs— How to Bleed— Balls and 
Purgatives — C'ostiveness, etc. 
Farriery, etc.— Castration— Docking and Nicking— 
Blood-letting — Treatment of Strains and Wounds — Galls 
of the Skin— Cracked Heels— Clipping and Singeing— 
Diseases of the Feet, 
How to Sttoe a TIorse.— Unskillful Shocrs— Anatomy 
of the Food Illustrated— The Foot of a Colt— Preparation 
of the Foot— Removing the Old Shoe — Paring the Foot— 
The Shoe— Fitting the Shoe. 
Baucher's Metttod of Training Horses. — What 
Constitutes a Well-trained norsc — To make him come at 
your call— The Philosophy of Training— Flexions of the 
.Taw— Flexions of the Neck— Flexions of the Croup- 
Backing — The Paces — Leaping. 
How to Rlde a nonsE.— The Saddle— The Girths— 
The Stirrups— Saddle-cloths— The Crupper— The Martin- 
gale— The Bridle— Spurs— Mounting and Dismounting— 
The Seat— The Hands— The Legs— The Paces— Hints f >r 
Special Cases— The Art of Falling— Hiding with Ladies. 
Ladies 1 Riding — Written by a Lady. — Learning 
to Ride— The Side-saddle— The Girths— The Stirrup— Tho 
Bridle— The Martingale— The Bit— The Dress— Mounting 
and Dismounting— The Position— The Hands— The Leg 
and Whip— Accidents. 
now to Drive a Horse.— The Art of Driving— Pleas- 
ure Driving— How to Hold the Reins — Driving a Pair— 
Foiir-iii-hautl Driving— Driving Working Tlorses— Plow- 
ing— Thrue-a-breast. 
Rarey's System of Horse -taming.— Rarey's System 
a New Discovery — Previous System— Principles of this 
System — Instructions for practicing Rarey's Method— To 
Stable the Horse — To Approach the Horse— Tying Dp the 
Leg— Laying the Horse Down — Vices and Bad Habits. 
Veterinary Homoeopathy.— Principles of the System 
—Table of Remedies — General Directions— Treatment oi 
a Sick Animal— Diet— Remedies for Specific Cases-' 
Glossary of Diseases. 
BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. - - SENT POST-PAID. - - PPJCE, $1.75. 
ORANGE JUDD & COMPANY, 24.S Broadway, New York. 
