Horses and hounds : a practical treatise on their management / by "Scrutator" [pseud.] To which is added "Taming of wild horses." By J.S. Rarey.

  • Horlock, Knightley William, 1802-1882.
Date:
1858
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Credit: Horses and hounds : a practical treatise on their management / by "Scrutator" [pseud.] To which is added "Taming of wild horses." By J.S. Rarey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. CHAPTER X. Demand and high price of well-bred horses—Mistakes in selection of brood mares and bad economy in purchasing inferior animals—Hints on feed- ing young stock, especially during the winter—Superior value of horses to other stock—Paddocks—Feeding—Exercise . . . p. 1 CHAPTER II. Treatment of mares during gestation and foal-bearing—Management, diet, &c., of the young foals ; arrangements of the stable and paddock for both—Mistakes as to early discipline, and consequent injury to the future steed—Careful management as to the hoofs, as well as use of a moderately loose rein, highly necessary—Mistakes of ordinary coach: men on the latter subject—Suggestions for improvements in harness— All irritative measures to be avoided p. 12 CHAPTER III. Worms in young horses, and their cure—Various prescriptions—Early training at the bar, and moderation to be used—Great care to avoid causing inflammation while breaking in—How to stop a horse whose rider has been thrown—Ingenious cure of one that refuses to pull— Young draught horses should not be put to heavy weights—Directions how to manage young hunters across country, especially in leaping— Use of loose boxes, and large stables—Extremes of heat and cold to be carefully avoided—Clipping n. 19 CHAPTER IV. Eailways not injurious to the demand for draught horses—Comparative safety of the coach and the rail —Experience in coach accidents— Proper feeding for draught horses—Objections to the old hay-lofts— Different qualities of hay, proper season for making it—Objection to hay-making machines—Impi'ovements introduced by Lord Ducie— Manure—Plough horses, and their hours of work—Difference of diet according to occupation—Value of wheat and other provisions, and of manure p. 27