. American horses and horse breeding : a complete history of the horse from the remotest period in his history to date. The horseman's encyclopedia and standard authority on horses, embracing breeds, families, breeding, training, shoeing, and general management. The modern and practical horse doctor on the cause, nature, symptoms, and treatment of diseases of all kinds. hat of a bank cashier or manager of a businesshouse. I have in mind a young man I saw last summer at theraces with a small string of horses. When I came to his stableeverything was quiet, and I heard several times that a ladyne
. American horses and horse breeding : a complete history of the horse from the remotest period in his history to date. The horseman's encyclopedia and standard authority on horses, embracing breeds, families, breeding, training, shoeing, and general management. The modern and practical horse doctor on the cause, nature, symptoms, and treatment of diseases of all kinds. hat of a bank cashier or manager of a businesshouse. I have in mind a young man I saw last summer at theraces with a small string of horses. When I came to his stableeverything was quiet, and I heard several times that a ladyneed not be afraid to go and look at his horses. There was noswearing, no coarse, vulgar language of any kind. There isnothing in the horse business that need, of necessity, degrademen. Those that will be blackguards would be such under anycircumstances and in any calling in life. CASTRATION. This operation has been performed on the horse from hisearliest domestication ; it is done for the purpose of enhancingthe usefulness of the male by subduing his spirit and renderinghim as mild and docile as is the female. Immemorial customhas sanctioned this operation. As to the best age of the colt to be castrated, many opinions are formed. My own idea is, as a rule, from about one and a half to two years is the best age. There are several different26 • 402 modes of performing the operation of castration; and I thinkin my long practice I have tried them all — from the old-fashioned way of clamping, burning, and searing with hotirons made for the purpose, to the French method of twistingoff the testicle cords with an instrument manufactured especial-ly for that purpose and called the ecrascur. Of all the operations in vogue I prefer the following, whatused to be known in New England as the Stanton operation is as follows : First make a pair of clamps five or six inches in lengthfrom a piece of elder-wood of suitable size, by splitting open and removing the pi
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