The gentleman's stable guide : containing a familiar description of the American stable; the most approved method of feeding, grooming and general management of horses; together with directions for the care of carriages, harness, etc. . PHILADELPHIA:PORTER & COATES, 822 CHESTNUT STREET. >-KfOr-nz> Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by PORTER & COATES, In the Clerks Ofl&ce of the District Court of the United States, in and for theEastern District of Pennsj-lvania. MEARS & DUSENBERT, STEREOTTPERS. SHERMAN i CO., PBJNTERS. PREFACE TiliS little book is founded on a reas
The gentleman's stable guide : containing a familiar description of the American stable; the most approved method of feeding, grooming and general management of horses; together with directions for the care of carriages, harness, etc. . PHILADELPHIA:PORTER & COATES, 822 CHESTNUT STREET. >-KfOr-nz> Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by PORTER & COATES, In the Clerks Ofl&ce of the District Court of the United States, in and for theEastern District of Pennsj-lvania. MEARS & DUSENBERT, STEREOTTPERS. SHERMAN i CO., PBJNTERS. PREFACE TiliS little book is founded on a reasoned experience of many years as a veterinarian. It treats ofthe construction of private stables for the gentleman,the Club, the farm, the livery, and the railroad;of the care of horses in health,—dietetics, regimen,and hygiene; of carriages and harness, and how totake care of them. All is elucidated in such a way,that no one need plead ignorance as to the duties ofgrooms and the requirements of the stable,— thequantity and quality of food the horse requires, andhow to prepare it, together with the effects which maybe expected. Knowing well the general want of economy inmost of our stables, a guide or precept
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