Chapter XVI (3)

Melton girth and martingale, 509

Men desire only to know the physical necessities and capabilities
of the horse, 199
who know nothing of such matters, order the building of stables, 234

Mesh-work of veins, a, lies under the secreting membrane of
the hoof, 245

Method of treating the newly-born foal, 443

Midst noise and bustle the horse dealer must be calm, 361

Might not Egyptian beans be grown in England?, 188

Miles’s works on the horse’s feet recommended, 415

Miniature dew-lap a good point, 400

Minor operations, 53

Mistake, the, of a summer’s rest, 464

Mode of dressing a wet horse, 349
of distributing food to restless horse, 312
of fastening the Arabian shoe, 100
of sitting the horse in the olden time, 450

Model foot, the, is not good in the author’s opinion, 414

Modern Arabian shoe, 95
carriages are fraught with danger to the upper classes, 323
mode of nailing, 97
stables as they may be adapted, 332
stables invite accidents, 262

Molars are not level in aged horses, 154

Molar teeth are not all of one size or the like form, 155
tooth of an aged horse, 159

Money does not constitute the entire price of a good horse, 375
is saved by encouraging habits of regularity, 318
paid to the job master, 369
sunk in stables is most remunerative, 298

More bonds do not destroy the desire to be free, 220
important portion of the groom’s duties, 343

Morning exercise should begin the day’s work, 340
exercise, the, is essential to the master’s safety, 334

Most corn-chandlers do not keep the heavier oats, 182
horsemen do not comprehend the utility of the neck, 389
masters only know their horses through the groom’s report, 222
people who buy and sell horses are cheats, 357
well-bred horses have stubborn necks, 390

Mother’s milk, allowed to the young, best secures development, 446

Motion and sensation of the hind limbs depend on the spinal cord, 270
of the quarters aids the pedal circulation, 114

Mounting a horse is a good test for its excellence, 417

Mouths, large, small, and dejected, 397

Movable and fixed ring, 507
manger, 191

Movement of the feet is regulated by the condition of the body, 126

Mr. Lupton’s recommendation of White’s method of roughing, 129

Mr. Percivall rode an animal shod with tips on the London stones, 116

Mucous membrane, when inflamed, greatly weakens, 465

Much would be gained if the reader only acknowledged the writer right
in theory, 463
is learned by watching the groom lead a horse out of the stable, 278
the same now as in the seventeenth century, 449

Muscles exist in pairs, 253
how these operate upon the eye, 33
the, of mastication force the venous blood to the heart, 23

Musty hay, 176

Mysterious conduct of grooms, 335

N.

Nags are now more ridden by others than by their masters, 334

Nails, reasons for driving into the toe, 113

Natural process of drinking described, 70
diagram, of, 71

Nature does not obey the laws of the Jockey Club, 146
has allowed vacant spaces to exist, so as to preserve the beauty
of the head, 27
pauses after the first year, 144
should decide the period of lactation, 446

Nature’s toil regulated by density of structure, 151

Nearly every man will sell his unsound horse, 269

Nearness to the heart does not explain want of sensation in
the foreleg, 243

Necessity for ascertaining the customer’s desires, 363

Neck, the, generally indicates the disposition, 389

Neglected foot of the ass, 102

Never buy a horse said to be equal to your weight, 418
decide upon the first trial of a horse, 373
enter the stable where horses are kicking, 227
finger the horse you mean to purchase, 372
leave the animal before the bleeding is finished, 92
lose sight of the horse you contemplate buying, 279
mount a strange nag in a crowded locality, 272
purchase a horse without a veterinary examination of it, 425

Newly, the, born foal, 442

New shoe, the, has many recommendations, 114

Nibbling the wood-work induced by enforced idleness, 204

Nicking was a senseless barbarity, 380

Night before the horse fair, 359
clothing, 499
the horse can see as well in, as the cat, 32
watcher, a, enables the food to be better distributed, 325

Nine o’clock duties, 341

Nippers is a misnomer when applied to the front teeth of the
stabled horse, 167
only inspected to ascertain the age, 137

No accident should teach a horse doors and pain are associated, 308
instrument formed of steel or iron should be permitted in
the stable, 335
jockeyism can foretell the attack of kidney dropping, 266
man can know all about the breeding of all animals, 427
means can eradicate the evils of stables while pavement slopes, 251
muscles present on the shin, 410
one would purchase, did horse dealers speak the truth, 360
teeth no horse, 133
unknown individual can pick the dealer’s stock, 375
wild horses are known to be in existence, 437

Northern extremity of the stables divided into three small rooms, 317

Nose alone breathed through, 69

Nostrils, the, indicate the dimensions of the lungs, 399

Novel use made of the manger, 210

Noxious atmosphere, a, compels the resort to stimulants, 329

O.

Oatmeal, good, described, 180

Oats are a most extravagant feed for horses, 194
are often moistened to increase their bulk, 185
best Scotch, 180
English feed, 185
English, from Canadian seed, 180
Finland black, 184
first class Swedes, 181
hair calculus, 183
Irish, bleached, 184
kiln dried Danish, 184
Konisberg, 180
light and heavy, 182
magnified English, 183
magnified musty, 189
new Irish feed, 181
Petersburg, 180
Scotch, second quality, 184
should be always bought by weight, 181
when musty are covered with fungi, 189

Observe that both shoulders are of the same bulk, 417
the eating capabilities of horses, 354

Objections to drinks, 73

Odd feet are evidences of former lameness, 413
feet are not uncommon among horses, 413

Ointment, blistering, is made with refuse flies, 82

Old English shoe, 96
hunter and young man’s steed, 464

One failing, the, of horse dealers, 360
kind of jibber stops suddenly and backs, 284
lateral incisor in both jaws declares a four-year old, 151
prime foal in two years may be better than four bad every year, 445

One-year old, a, worked as a matured animal, 143

Open railings are becoming general, 307
railings should partly form the partitions to loose boxes, 307
the stable doors during the night, 309

Order the groom to peep during the night at the horse which is
too tired to eat, 352

Original habitat of the equine race, 34

Ould, the, mare, 447

Over-indulgence ruins the horse, 454

Oxygen, different quantities of, inhaled by different horses, 402

P.

Pace natural to blindness is induced by fixing the head with the
bearing-rein, 407

Pad grooms, their weight, their qualifications, and their duties, 334

Pail, a clean one, should be kept in every stable, 178

Pain consequent upon eating the stable diet, 169
expressed by any peculiarity in progression, 103
from strain on the ligaments occasions inveterate kicking, 271
merely increases timidity, 293

Panic acts on horses as on men, 226

Paring the foot, 102

Parts affected in “kidney dropping”, 270

Passion an evil quality in a groom, 500

Pastern bones repose upon the back tendons, 43
play of, in thorough-breds, proof of elasticity in the
entire body, 115
the, are regulated by the flexor tendons, 411
the, should be judged by the swelling beneath the elbow, 412

Patented food, only the groom’s secret largely acted upon, 166

Patent foods, 196
safety-spring stirrup-bar, 510
trace shaft recommended in spinal disease, 276

Pattern of grating to put over gutters, 300

Patience is more than a virtue in a teacher, 457

Pay a fair price for good a horse, 375

Peculiar features of the fore limb, 409

Peep, a, into a dealer’s yard, 305

Peril of turning horses to graze without removing the halters, 225

Perils attending fright in the stable, 209
of modern coach-houses, 323

Period of gestation in the mare, 448

Permanent incisors come up in the same canals as the milk teeth
occupied, 159
molars are not perfected when cut, 156

Perspiration implies cuticular activity, 345
when excessive, greatly weakens the body, 465

Perversity of the old agricultural mind, 447

Petersburg oats, 180

Physic and its administration, 53

Pinning up subsequent to bleeding, 92

Pitiable “vice” in horses, 254

Place of birth, the, also regulates the kind of hoof, 413
the, is cleared before the stable flooring is disturbed, 249
two powerful men to prevent the jibber bolting, 283

Plan of hot water service, 322

Points, their importance and their development, 379
made to screw on to shoe, a good substitute for roughing, 129
of the blood haunches, 419

Portrait of a one-year old, 143

Position of the bones in the straight shoulder, 405
of the foot casts the weight on different structures, 253

Posterior limbs have no motion or sensation during a fit of
kidney dropping, 267

Precautions necessary after bleeding, 93
necessary when bleeding the horse, 90

Prejudices concerning blisters, 80

Prejudice concerning the ears of a horse, 282
declares in favor of a short neck, 392

Preparation for scurfy skin, 337

Prepared horse skin boot is the best application for cutting, 123

Preparing the lying-in chamber, 440
for the event, 441

Present mode of shoeing is a failure, 104

Presents, occasional, to servants, 493

Price, the, of most carriages, 477

Pricking the foot when nailing, 100

Pride, the, of the trade, 360

Prime horses are often bought on speculation by dealers, 376

Prisons should be built to resist the captives’ utmost exertions, 219

Probable result of a man enduring the horse’s doom for one week, 206

Profit and loss of a dealer’s establishment, 366

Proper mode of preparing stems for food, 177
treatment would be far the cheapest in the long run, 222

Properties of the horn forming the wall of the hoof, 98

Proposed stables are not to be measured by existing buildings, 297

Prolonged action is better than excessive labor, 468

Protect the points of flexion before blistering, 83

Proved, that the horse cannot be vicious, 264

Provision against the ravenous feeding horse, 312

Prudence is banished by joy when the horse is leaving the stables, 237

Puller, a, is always a dangerous servant, 398

Pumping action necessary for the circulation of the foot, 246

Punish the smith who injures the hoof to fix on to it a
small shoe, 131

Pupil of the horse’s eye not circular, 31

Purchases necessary when the horse is started, 497

Pure breeds often have bulging, frontal sinuses, 394

Purpose of the pastern joints, 411

Q.

Qualifications of the author to descant on breeding, 427

Quarrels are provoked by narrow doorways, 236
between horse and driver generally end fatally, 264

Quarters, hind, the seat of propulsion, 45

Quarters of the hoof are left free by nailing the new shoe to
the toe, 114

Quiet method of giving a drink, 77
mode of giving a ball, 67

Quietude and darkness do not dispose the horse to sleep, 311

R.

Racers, when training, undergo excessive labor, 466
generally are old before their stock becomes famous, 431
inhale more air during rapid motion, 403

Racing men and bumpkins, their conduct contrasted, 144

Racing plates, 115
are dangerous shoes during the struggle, 472

Railroads not opposed to the breed of horses, 18

Rats enter stables through ordinary gutters, 300

Rat tails are said to denote good horses, 387

Rayment’s, (Mr. C.,) his oatmeal recommended, 178

Rebound or spring of the racer improved by the present mode
of shoeing, 115

Recapitulation of certain points in the horse, 416

Receiving the first lesson, 458

Reflection needed to comprehend the requirements of the horse, 200

Regular horse dealers avoid flats, 363

Regulations to be observed at feeding time, 191

Reins, the necessity of good leather for, 517
for foals should be partly of India-rubber, 459

Remedies for a scurfy skin, 290
for clicking, 126
for cutting, 122
for wounds and abrasions, 231

Repeated blows on one spot, evil of, when bleeding, 91

Requisites for the groom’s use, 500
indications of a well-built carriage, 485

Respect is felt toward a person who can state his wants to
a dealer, 374

Rest depends upon digestion, 311
generally good for pedal annoyances, 126
is imperfect when taken standing, 260

Restless eye, a, denotes timidity, 396

Restlessness induces the collar-rope to be bitten, 215

Results of deranged digestion, 196

Retention of the placenta, 442

Rick of the back, 264
disables a horse as a wheeler or to endure excessive strain, 275
is severe in heavy horses, 273
often leads to fracture of the spine, 276
or chink of the back is common, but little understood, 266

Ride, to, is not necessary in a good groom, 333

Rider, the, and the head destroy the equality of weight on
the limbs, 417
should understand the appearances of the healthy eye, 290
swings on elastic life when seated on the back, 41

Ridiculous to talk of a horse being “vicious”, 263

Rising to the leap, 461

Roach backs are common on the Essex marshes, 384
generally spiteful, 384
have been used as hunters, 385

Rolling occasions the hind leg to get beyond the post of
the stall, 230

Roof consists of two parts, 314
of the ambulatory, how supported and drained, 302
the, described, 314

Room for the night-watcher is supplied with comforts, 325

Rooms at back divided from the stable by a stout wall, 316

Roomy mares are a mistake, 429

Roots are relished by horses, 195

Roughing, as generally performed, 128

Rough-riding is practiced at three years of age, 147

Rounded incisors would prevent the animal biting the grass, 289

Roundness of the jaw’s lower margin during colthood, 142

Rowen hay, 174

Rules for selecting a sire, 438

Running away, 294

S.

Sacrum, the, is one bone in the adult, 38

Saddle-tree, a, with spring stirrup-bar attached, 495

Saddlery and harness, 494

Safety is sacrificed by the violent use of the bearing-rein, 407

Sameness of diet deranges the digestion, 195
of provender induces cutaneous irritability, 286
proves vice to be induced by disease or by instinct, 295

Sand in the eye, the horse protected against, 35

Savage horse, how to render quiet, 60

Scene witnessed at Holloway, 294

Science has demonstrated the mews is an unhealthy abode, 328
and practice unite in estimation of the loins, 383

Scotland, the ass does not breed in, 49

Scratching the ear often fixes the hind pastern in
the collar-rope, 224

Screw shoe, folly and inhumanity of, 118

Scroll-eyed hames, 506

Seated shoe, 117

Second crop of clover, 175

Secretions, though hard, are governed by the inward soft organs, 118

Section of a superficial gutter, 299
of the proposed stables, 324

See-sawing, or weaving, in horses, 205

Segundo bit, the, 523

Senses, the special, assist one another, 398

Serious accident to a cavalry officer, 272

Servants exaggerate the master’s behavior, 202

Seven o’clock duties, 339

Seventh year, the, should witness the active service of the horse, 462

Several diseases are almost peculiar to the rich, 323

Severity endangers man’s property in the horse, 255

Sharp-pointed nail heads no effectual substitute for roughing, 129

Shedding of the temporary molars, 156

Shelter and nurture are requisite for all young horses, 429

Sheltered ground between the gig and coach-houses, 320

Ship biscuit proposed for horses’ food, 195

Shoe is displaced by growth of horn, 106
is wide enough if it supports the wall, 104

Shoeing, 95
blamed for all the changes in the foot, 101

Shoes act injuriously by confining the foot, 472
the, should be observed at the time of purchase, 424

Short-necked horses cannot rest the limbs when at grass, 392
horses feed badly in the field, 392

Sides of the ventilator can be opened or closed at pleasure, 315

Sight should be obscured during the act of bleeding, 91

Sights of London streets, 199

Signs of old age in the horse, 136

Situation of the cistern, 313

Six o’clock duties, 339

Size and requirements of stable doors, 307
of less import than form of thorax, 403

Skeletons in museums are never correct, 408

Skin and lungs sympathize with each other, 344

Slanting floors pervert the intentions of bone and tendon, 251
hoofs are very bad, 414
pavement causes horses to stand across the stall, 254
shoulder, the benefits of, 408

Sliding mouth bit, the, 524

Slight movements excite the attention of a stabled horse, 203

Slipper shoe, first mention of, 111

Sloping pavement, a, extends from the front of the ambulatory, 319

Sloth not favorable to paternity, 437

Slow consuming boiler employed to warm the stables, 321

Small animals are preferred for their working capability, 433
stables do not generally kill because they are draughty, 81

Smallness of neck shows debility, 389

Snares which surround the groom, 330

So-called “incapacitating vices”, 263

Society forces horse dealers to employ fiction, 360
the, for preventing cruelty to animals, 476

Soft palate, some of the uses of, 28

Sole is removed by the shoeing smith and the veterinary surgeon, 104
made to bear some pressure, 104

Some English thorough-breds have Roman noses, 394
substitute should be found for a stud groom, 335

Southern end of the proposed stable, 319

Space, the, above the horses should be free to the roof, 332

Spasmodic inhalation denotes defective respiration, 399

Special senses, the, should be noted as testifying to the health
of the body, 398

Speedy cut often causes a fall, 121
warrants instant rejection, 423

Spinal cord, the, is injured when “kidney dropping” occurs, 269

Spine, how the bones of are united, 39
sinks and rises in the living horse, 383
the, of a horse is delicately organized, 265
the base of the skeleton, 38

Spring bar and spring stirrup, 510

Squatting on the haunches is an unnatural position in the horse, 267

Stable implements are terrible weapons, 318
pails are not suited to contain a horse’s drink, 314
the, cannot be well managed by one pair of hands, 339
is relinquished to the servant, 335
the only one known to the ass, 48
new, will be thrice drained, 301

Stables are inadequate prisons for horses, 219
not proportioned to the horse’s size, 225
opposed to the habits and instincts of horses, 247
the last considered when houses are planned, 233
as built--are they the best possible?, 252
are paved with Dutch clinkers, 249
as they should be, 297
do not require a blaze of light, 229
in many families, are regarded as lumber lofts, 220
promote the decomposition of urine, 249
should be as clean as dairies, 316

Stable-men suffer most from present customs, 226

Stagnant misery is personified in the horse, 243

Stallions are generally too fat, 431

Standing in the manger, 208
while it sleeps, 260

Starvation is injurious before exertion, 471

Starved, horses are, when confined in small stables, 81

Steeds are worn out serving more than one master, 334

Steel inserted at the toe of the clip shoe, 120

Stewart’s stable economy, 234

Stiff back reduces the horse’s value, 278

Stick, blood, depicted, 90

Stomach small and well situated, 20

Stout horn is required in the hoof of a horse, 415

Stranger, a, has entered the stable, 204

Strange substances eaten in stables, 196

Straw figure should be placed on the colt’s back, 458
worthless as food, 177

Striking a horse when passing through a door is dangerous, 238

Strong feet are not necessarily liable to disease, 414

Submissive, the, are the abused, 234

Substance is absent in the present breed of horses, 432

Substances which do not nourish are not food, 193

Suburban grooms generally live in the house, 328

Suburbs, the, are often disturbed by the thud of a trotted cart, 274

Successful dealers are conceited, 377

Sudden agony makes horses kick when mounted, 271

Suffering experienced at three years, 148

Sulphur on oats, to detect, 185

Summered, 474

Summer’s coat, advent of, is delayed by clipping, 344

Supposed places of the groom’s residence during certain periods, 329

Supply of water, how arranged, 313

Swerving is a mild form of shying, 292

T.

Tails as denoting breed, 387

Tail, the, acts as the rudder of the body, 380

Take everything coolly when in a dealer’s yard, 374

Tale, a, illustrative of patience, 520

Tapidum lucidum, its uses in the horse’s eye, 32

Tares are good food, 189

Tax, a, is demanded on all that enters or leaves the stable, 330

Tearing the clothing, 287

Teeth, 133
at advanced periods, 161, 162
at birth, 139
cannot be positively interpreted after the fifth year, 163
one fortnight old, 140
three months old, 140

Telescopic nature of the horse’s eye, 33

Temporary loose box, 356
molars, peculiarity in the shedding of the, 156

Tempting position of the manger, 210

Tendon cannot sustain pressure, 254

Ten o’clock duties, 341

Terrible consequences of thoughtlessness, or of parsimony, 262

Terror is never removed till the horse’s spirit is broken, 240
is dangerous as the place of its exhibition is circumscribed, 255
mistaken for “vice”, 109

Test for “kidney dropping”, 268

Thickness of neck not an objection, 389
jaw caused by young teeth, 142

Things needed to dress a sensitive horse, 289

Thin heeled shoe pointed the toe upward, and did harm, 120
neck accompanies emaciation, 460
stomachs often taken from the bodies of old horses, 178
walls, difficulty of nailing a shoe on, 100
web to the seated shoe, 117
ear denotes goodness of breed, 395

Thinning the sole, 103

Thirst, a consequence of dry food, 167

Thorough-bred quarters express determination, 419

Three purgatives cannot promote strength, 465
quarter shoe, 116

Time should be allowed for nervousness to subside, 240
the, occupied in foaling is short, 439

Times when the horse feeds, 197

Timidity flies from any danger, 281

Tips afford all the protection the racer’s foot requires, 473

Toe is cut and burnt when the horse shoe has a clip, 108
reasons for fixing nails into, 113

Toes, the, in the forefeet point upward in the stable, 243
the, depressed in the gutter cause a luxurious sense of ease, 256

To fly from danger is an instinct in the horse, 295
make gruel properly, 178

Tool-house at the back of stables, 318

Tools necessary for White’s mode of roughing, 130
the, employed for carriages, 480

Too many classes swindle when horse dealing, 269

Tooth, its component substances, 157

Torture is a favorite mode of cure with grooms, 287

Town grooms inhabit impure rooms over the stables, 328

Trainer’s, the, stables are foul, 467

Training and running are bad preparations for paternity, 429
folly of the present system, 187
necessary for young horses from the country, 366
spoils the tempers of many colts, 470
stables do not develop the true disposition of a horse, 434

Treading on an upright nail, 101

Treatment for jibbing, 283
for kidney dropping, 268
for rick of the back, 275
of the ass reprobated, 47
of the blood stallion, 431
of the heels when dirty, 350
proper for the blood mare, 435

Troughs are empty while the cistern contains some water, 321

Tuition should be daily till the second year, 459

Turkish slipper, likeness to, 102

Tushes are affected by age, 161
are uncertain teeth in the horse, 150

Twitch, a, generally kept, 74

Two chains and a collar-strap are employed on some horses, 217
kinds of cutting, 121
men meeting on a hill do not retain their relative positions, 254

U.

Uncertain which shoe will prevent clicking or forging, 125

Unclothing the beauty, 376

Undulating pavement affords every kind of standing ground, 299

Unfitness of horses for captivity, 203

Uninitiated, the, greedy for bargains, 277

Unnecessary, bleeding is, 93

Upland hay, 172
the only good hay, 176

Upright pasterns denote hard work has strained the flexor muscles, 411

Urine, on exposure yields ammonia, 249
stagnates in the gutters, 249

Use of the mane and tail, 380

Uses of the different components of the teeth, 158
of the false nostril, 25
of the harness-room, 317
of the sheltered space, 320
to which stable doors are subject, 236

Usual applications, the, check the hoof’s perspiratory functions, 353
explanation, accounting for the weakness of the fore limbs, 416
length of horse cloths, 350
method of cleansing the heels, 346

Utter darkness excites timidity, 226

V.

Valves aid the circulation when opposed to gravity, 245
in the veins of the leg, 244
of jugular veins only act when the head is depressed, 22

Various people buy and sell horses, 357
substances are interposed between the ends of bone, 42

Veins so arranged as to prevent congestion if feeding off
the ground, 21

Ventilation secured by having the doors in parts, 308

Ventilator roofed with stout glass, 315

Vertebræ, the, are the base of the skeleton, 380

Vetches, on which agricultural teams live, indicate no danger
in beans, 468

Veterinary examiners too often neglect the spine, 277
profession composed of imperfectly educated men, 73

Vicious horses are mostly weakly creatures, 418

View extended by mounting on to the manger, 210

Voice, the, is sufficient goad for a willing animal, 460

W.

Walking a horse is more than simply moving, 124
through the stables and physicking the stock, 377
essential to the horse’s foot, 246

Wall of the hoof, 98
the, is struck during darkness, 258

Warranties are of no value, 370

Waste of present feeding, 193

Wasting the hay, 212

Watch the action while the horse is being run along the ride, 423

Water, its importance in the stable, 486
should be freely employed, 338
should only be applied to the heels after special permission, 352
troughs described, 313

Weakly or healthy foals now suck only the same time, 446

Weakness is not the accompaniment of the racer’s elastic pastern, 411

Weariness cannot promote thrift, 249
induces the horse to play with its needless corn, 213

Weaving is an effort to promote the circulation of the foot, 250
or see-sawing in horses, 205

Web slants in the seated shoe, 117
none to the slipper shoe, 111
the, of the shoe serves to retain stones, 103

Wedge-heeled shoe, danger of, 119

Weeds of the blood stock, 422

Weight should not be put on horses during training, 468
the, of the head is not felt during health, 388

Well-bred, the, and coarse-bred heads contrasted, 393

Wetting the heels most injurious, 346

What occasions horses to kick by night?, 228

Wheels, how long these should last, 488
how to use and understand, 491

When a part of the frame moves, all parts are agitated, 150
buying, procure a horse rather too strong than strong enough, 374
gentlemen meddle, the dealer exults, 372
the foal quits its dam, breaking should commence, 458

Where the fore limb quits the trunk, muscle should abound, 409

White horses are generally old, 136

Why a carriage should be cleansed from mud, 487
breeding does not pay, 428

Widest, the, of modern stable doors are too narrow, 238

Width of channel testifies to the breathing capability, 399

Wild animals are not caged like the horse, 202
horses nowhere exist, 37

Wind sucking caused by stables, 205

Windpipe capable of contraction, 26

Winter’s frost always takes horse proprietors by surprise, 126

Winter shoes are best made in summer, 126

Wintry perspirations, probable cause of, 343

Wipe the oil off after blistering, 83

Wired-in hoofs are bad, 415

Wisp and brush are abused, 342

Withhold all medicine from the breeding mare, 443

Wolves’ teeth are of no importance, 143

Work demands more support than grass affords, 133
when not excessive, benefits health, 435

Worked too early, 19

Worst cheat, the, in horse flesh, 357

Wound, precautions necessary after bleeding, 93

Written warranties seldom required by the honest dealer, 365

Wrongs inflicted on horses, 199

Y.

Yew clippings poison horses, 171

Young animals are purchased by the London dealers, 366
horses are put in the chains as teamsters, 265
horses should be from birth set apart for their future uses, 438

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No one with the least equine knowledge can require to be told that Mr. Mayhew is _the_ man for the task which he has undertaken, and most satisfactorily accomplished. His high reputation in the veterinary art, and his qualifications as a practiced writer on domestic animals, render him the very person for supplying an intelligent and interesting work on the diseases of the horse, which would be devoid of mere professional technicalities, while, at the same time, his skill as a draughtsman, and humor as a witty observer of life, enabled him to illustrate with his pencil what he had written with his pen. We advisedly say that “The Illustrated Horse Doctor” is the very best book of the kind which we know; and what gives it an especial charm is, that the author so thoroughly sympathizes with the noble animal which he describes.... We at once pronounce it as scientific, yet intelligible; informing, yet highly amusing; acceptable to the profound horse doctor, yet the work of all others for the book-shelves in every gentleman’s sanctum.... We give it our unqualified approbation and recommendation.

From the GLASGOW MORNING JOURNAL.

This admirable and comprehensive treatise will be of priceless value to a large section of the community. It is, by far, the best manual of Veterinary Art we have ever seen, and is written in so popular a fashion, and is so free from anything approaching technical phraseology, that its precepts cannot fail to be comprehended by even those who are comparatively uninstructed in the mysteries of veterinary science....

From the LONDON MORNING ADVERTISER.

... The work from first to last bears the stamp not only of the educated horse doctor and fluent writer, but of the scholar. Mr. Mayhew has mixed up so much that is popularly interesting with what is practical, that the general reader will find much to interest as well as to instruct, even though not possessed of one of the equine race. The ills that horse flesh is heir to are, alas! many and dreadful; diseases of the abdomen, brain disease, bronchitis, calculi, cataract, heart disease, gastritis, acute and chronic; hydrophobia, inflammation of every sort, madness, and mad staggers, megrims, spavin, rheumatism, spasms and tetanus, are but a few of the evils with which this noble animal and help to man is afflicted. These and others are all treated of in a masterly manner by Mr. Mayhew.

From the LONDON GLOBE.

Every gentleman who possesses or cares for horses would do well to keep this book in his house. Mr. Mayhew’s treatment of the worst diseases to which horses are liable is very clearly laid down, and the method of keeping horses well and to a prolonged old age is that of nature, of common sense.

From the ARMY AND NAVY GAZETTE.

... It is just such a good practical work on the Veterinary Art as most of us horse-using (and not unfrequently, we fear, abusing) Englishmen have long felt the need of.... It is truly, as it professes to be, an “Illustrated Horse Doctor,” and if Mr. Mayhew has hitherto hidden his light under a bushel, he has certainly made up for lost time in the work before us, and thrown it all upon his present volume with admirable effect.

From the SUN.

... We have before us a compendious history of all the diseases which horse flesh is heir to, and which man’s abuse has bequeathed to it, with directions for treatment, and the necessary remedies, likewise the exposure of popular fallacies.... A horse sinks exhausted in the field, after only a short run, and the rider is thunderstruck. Had he read Mr. Mayhew’s book, and taken notice of the warning signal, of which, poor man, he was unaware, and put on the break, the catastrophe would not have been. It is in cases such as these, or where accidents happen in out-of-the-way places, much useful information is to be gained by the general reader.... In conclusion, we wish Mr. Mayhew the success his work deserves, and the public the good taste to appreciate it.

From BELL’S MESSENGER.

We are inclined to think that this is about the very best book respecting the treatment of equine disease that ever has been written or published. The author is evidently well acquainted with the duties of his profession, and willing to give a world-wide extent to his own useful and practical experience, so that those who read may adopt his rules and regimen, and save that noble animal, whose use is one of the greatest blessings mankind enjoys, from much pain and suffering. In country districts, where the horse doctor cannot easily be summoned, this book will be invaluable; while, in more frequented localities, its use will always be found to be safe and judicious. The illustrations are clever, and fully serve the purpose for which they are annexed--to give certain indications of disease, and the readiest means of treatment.

CHAMBERS’S BOOK OF DAYS.

THE BOOK OF DAYS:

A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in connection with the
Calendar, including Anecdote, Biography, and History, Curiosities
of Literature, and Oddities of Human Life and Character. Edited
under the supervision of Robert Chambers. In two volumes, Royal
8vo.

This interesting work consists of--

=I. Matters connected with the Church Calendar=, including the
Popular Festivals, Saints’ Days, and other Holidays, with
illustrations of Christian Antiquities in general.

=II. Phenomena connected with the Seasonal Changes.=

=III. Folk-Lore of the United Kingdom=, namely, Popular Notions
and Observances connected with Times and Seasons.

=IV. Notable Events, Biographies, and Anecdotes connected with
the Days of the Year.=

=V. Articles of Popular Archaeology=, of an entertaining
character, tending to illustrate the progress of Civilization,
Manners, Literature, and Ideas.

=VI. Curious Fugitive and Inedited Pieces.=

From the BOSTON TRANSCRIPT.

A book occasionally appears which is precisely adapted to the wants of those for whom it is intended. The “Book of Days” is the best representative of this class. Designed to instruct and amuse the home circle, containing matter of the most varied sort and of general interest, prepared and arranged with ability and care, handsomely, profusely, and appropriately illustrated, it cannot fail to find its way to every reading family, and must become immensely popular. *** It is, however, next to impossible to describe this work; if our readers see it they will buy it, especially if they want a book for the fireside.

PRESCOTT’S WORKS.

=Conquest of Mexico.= History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a
preliminary view of the ancient Mexican civilization, and the
life of Hernando Cortez. By Wm. H. Prescott. Three vols. 8vo.

=Conquest of Peru.= History of the Conquest of Peru, with a
preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas. By Wm. H.
Prescott. Two vols. 8vo.

=Ferdinand and Isabella.= History of the Reign of Ferdinand and
Isabella the Catholic. By Wm. H. Prescott. Three vols. 8vo.

=Philip the Second.= History of the Reign of Philip the Second,
King of Spain. By Wm. H. Prescott. Three vols. 8vo.

=Charles the Fifth.= History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles
the Fifth. By Wm. Robertson, D.D. With an account of the
Emperor’s life after his abdication. By Wm. H. Prescott. Three
vols. 8vo.

=Prescott’s Miscellanies.= Biographical and Critical Miscellanies.
By Wm. H. Prescott. One vol. 8vo.

=PRESCOTT’S COMPLETE WORKS.=

Uniform in 15 vols. 8vo., in various styles of binding.

“The most striking literary product of the year.”

=KIRK’S CHARLES THE BOLD.=

HISTORY OF
CHARLES THE BOLD,
DUKE OF BURGUNDY.

BY JOHN FOSTER KIRK.

2 Vols. 8vo.

Muslin, uncut, on white paper $3 00 per vol.
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From the ATLANTIC MONTHLY.

We have no hesitation in assigning to Mr. Kirk’s most fascinating narrative a place with the great achievements of genius in the department he has chosen to fill. His advent among historians will be welcomed the world over.

From the NEW YORK TRIBUNE.

Will unquestionably establish the title of Mr. Kirk to an eminent position in the already justly honored school of American historians.

From the CHRISTIAN EXAMINER.

Mr. Kirk has been very fortunate in the choice of a subject for his first great historical work, and if the concluding volume shall be executed with the same ample learning, the same thorough mastery of his subject, and the same fidelity of purpose which are exhibited in the volumes now published, few persons will question his right to a place among the best of our living historians. ***

From the EVANGELICAL QUARTERLY.

Nothing within the compass of modern literature has been published more attractive than the narrative contained in the volumes before us. It is one of absorbing interest. The author always rises to the measure of his subject, and, placing himself in genial sympathy with his characters, inspires his readers with something of the same enthusiasm. The style is simple yet rich, the narrative bold and striking; the facts are presented with great discrimination and skill. The work is an honor to the accomplished author, who is destined to take a prominent position among our American historians.

From the NEW YORK TIMES.

Nothing can be more certain than that Mr. Kirk has enriched the literature of America and Europe with a work that takes at once its destined stand in our libraries and in the estimation of competent judges and the public. *** His success places the author in a proud position, and we look forward to meeting him again, possibly in subjects more congenial to his great powers of reasoning and political disquisition. With the exception of a few spots illuminated by the genius of Prescott and Motley, the modern history of Continental Europe for the two centuries previous to the French Revolution is almost a blank to the American reader, and needs for its illustration the qualities that Mr. Kirk so largely possesses.

From the BOSTON TRANSCRIPT.

This work will more than answer the highly raised expectations of the public, both in respect to the author’s extent of original research and novelty of matter, while in fluency and picturesqueness of narrative style and thorough grasp of the subject in all its details, it will take a proud place among the most esteemed histories of the country.

From the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER.

The most striking literary product of the year, and one that will be a standard while English speech endures, is Mr. Kirk’s History of Charles the Bold. In delineation of character it is admirable; in research thorough, exhaustive, systematic; in style charming without profuse ornament, logical and precise without being dry. ***

_New Dictionary of Quotations._

A New Dictionary of Quotations, from the Greek, Latin, and Modern
Languages, translated into English, and occasionally accompanied
with Illustrations, Historical, Poetical, and Anecdotical. With
an extensive Index, referring to every important word. One vol.
crown 8vo., muslin, beveled boards.

On the score of utility it may be classed among the most excellent and convenient, not only to the general reader, but to the scholar who, in active life, has suffered his classics to rust. The New Dictionary will find a place in the hands of every reader of current literature.--_North American._

_Lieber’s Civil Liberty._

On Civil Liberty and Self-Government. By Francis Lieber, LL.D.,
author of “Political Ethics,” “Principles of Legal and Political
Interpretation,” etc. etc. 8vo.

👉 This work is used as a text-book in our best institutions of learning.

It is to all intents and purposes a text-book of American politics. Would that it might be generally regarded as such! Then our young men, instead of wasting too much time upon ephemeral reading, would be laying up a store of comprehensive facts and principles which would prove of enduring value to themselves and the country; they would see in what true liberty consists, and would recognize the sure means of its perpetuation.--_Boston Journal._

_Parsons on Notes and Bills._

A Treatise on the Law of Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange,
with an Appendix, containing an accurate reprint of the
Provisions of the Statute in relation to Bills, Notes, Letters of
Credit, Drafts, Orders, and Checks; together with an examination
of the questions which the Statute suggests, and the English
authorities upon those questions which have arisen under the
English Stamp Acts, and may arise under our own. By Theophilus
Parsons, LL.D., Professor of Law in Cambridge University. Two
vols. 8vo.

*** The general character of the Treatise is exhaustiveness, the learned author having labored with splendid success to make his work one that shall meet all the requirements of that province of Law to which it is devoted, and to give to persons interested therein a guide upon which the completest reliance can be placed. Its publication adds to his high fame, and it places the entire business world under the greatest obligations to him.--_Boston Traveller._

_Hilliard on Bankruptcy and Insolvency._

A Treatise on the Law of Bankruptcy and Insolvency. By Francis
Hilliard, author of “The Law of Torts,” etc. One vol. 8vo.

Mr Hilliard’s book is evidently the result of much intelligent labor, and, as a complete, methodical, and well digested summary of the present law will be of great value to the profession, especially since the recent vote of the House of Representatives appears, for the present at least, to have settled the question of a new and permanent national law of bankruptcy.--_American Law Register._

_Johnson’s Lives of the English Poets._

With Critical Observations on their works. With Notes, by Peter
Cunningham, and a Life of the Author, by Macaulay. With a
portrait on steel. Two vols. 12mo.

_Boswell’s Life of Johnson._

First complete American edition, including a Journal of his Tour
to the Hebrides. With numerous additions, by John Wilson Croker,
M.P., and Notes by various hands. 4 vols. 12mo.

_The Works of Lord Chesterfield._

Comprising his Letters to his Son. Complete. 1 vol. 12mo.

_The Works of Hannah More._

Comprising “Cœlebs in Search of a Wife,” “Shepherd of Salisbury
Plains,” “Tales and Allegories,” etc., with a portrait on steel.
2 vols. 12mo.

_Hume’s History of England._

The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the
Abdication of James II., 1688. By David Hume, Esq. A new edition,
with the author’s last corrections and improvements; to which
is prefixed a short account of his life, written by himself. 6
vols., with portrait.

_Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire._

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward
Gibbon, Esq. With Notes by Rev. H. H. Milman. A new edition; to
which is added a complete Index of the whole work. 6 vols., with
portrait.

_Macaulay’s History of England._

The History of England, from the Accession of James II. By Thomas
Babington Macaulay. In 5 vols. 12mo edition, complete. With
Portrait and full Index.

This edition is in all respects the most valuable and satisfactory of any published in this country or in England, inasmuch as the fifth volume, in addition to a full and well-classified index, contains a biographical and critical sketch of Macaulay’s life, character, and writings, by S. Austin Allibone, whose eminent fitness for this work will be universally admitted. Mr. Allibone’s biographies and criticisms upon his writings down to 1857 were submitted to Mr. Macaulay, whose personal revision thus renders the article accurate and therefore perfectly reliable. The fifth volume also contains a double-page fac-simile from one of Mr. Macaulay’s latest MSS.

_Goldsmith’s Complete Works._

Embracing numerous pieces, now first collected, with copious Notes,
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_Jefferson’s Writings._

The writings of Thomas Jefferson. Being his Autobiography,
Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and other
Writings, Official and Private. Published by the order of
the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, from the
Original Manuscripts deposited in the Department of State. With
Explanatory Notes, Tables of Contents, and a copious Index to
each volume, as well as a General Index to the whole. By the
Editor, H. A. Washington. 9 vols. 8vo.

_Life of Jefferson._

The Life of Thomas Jefferson. By Henry S. Randall, LL.D. In 3 vols.
8vo. Illustrated by Portraits and other Engravings on Steel,
a View of Monticello, and various fac-similes, including the
Original Draft of the Declaration of Independence.

This Life of Mr. Jefferson is, in every sense, an authorized work. It was undertaken under the approbation of his family, with an unreserved access to and use of all the private papers of Mr. Jefferson in their possession, and has received the benefit of their recollections and opinions at every step. The purely original matter comprises about one-third of the work. In the department of the biography, embracing some materials which have already been published, it has been Mr. Randall’s aim, as often as practicable, to present Mr. Jefferson’s own words. The work contains his expressions on perhaps every great question which arose from his advent in public life to his death,--a period of about sixty years, and embracing the whole FORMING period of the Republic. The work contains, besides Mr. Jefferson’s heretofore unpublished family correspondence, selections from his finest published letters, state papers, etc.

_Carey’s Social Science._

The Principles of Social Science. By Henry C. Carey, LL.D. In 3
vols. 8vo.

Of his system it may be truly said that, although the study of _political economy_ dries up narrow minds and reduces their vision on earth to goods and sales and profits, _this study_ must ever be, for minds nobly endowed, a source of exalted meditation upon the means of ameliorating the lot of the human family, and upon the blessings vouchsafed by the Eternal Author of all good.--_North American._

However the reader may sometimes join issue with the logic or recoil from the conclusions of this production, it will never be without respect for the signal ability displayed by the writer in this difficult walk of scientific literature.--_National Intelligencer._

_Great Truths by Great Authors._

A Dictionary of Aids to Reflection, Quotations of Maxims, Counsels,
Cautions, Aphorisms, Proverbs, etc. etc., from Writers of all
Ages and both Hemispheres. 1 vol. demi 8vo.

_Thiers’s Consulate and Empire of Napoleon._

The History of the Consulate and Empire of France under Napoleon.
By M. Adolphe Thiers, late Prime Minister of France, Member of
the French Academy and of the Institute. Complete in 5 vols. 8vo.

The Publishers have the pleasure of announcing that this great work of M. Thiers is completed,--the concluding volume (V.) having just been issued uniform with the volumes preceding. Either of the volumes will be furnished separately, in any style of binding, to complete sets.

_Beck’s Medical Jurisprudence._

Elements of Medical Jurisprudence. By Theodric Romeyn Beck, M.D.,
LL.D., and John B. Beck, M.D. _Twelfth edition._ With Notes by
an association of the friends of Drs. Beck. The whole revised by
C. R. Gilman, M.D., Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York. 2 vols. 8vo.

From Prof. J. W. Fowler, LL.D., Principal “State and National Law
School,” Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

*** It should be in the possession of all who desire a ready access to this most interesting and important branch of Legal Science, a knowledge of which is essential to professional success.

_Crooks and Schem’s Latin-English School Lexicon._

A New Latin-English School Lexicon, on the basis of the
Latin-German Lexicon of Dr. C. F. Ingerslev. By G. R. Crooks,
D.D., and A. J. Schem, A.M. 8vo.

This work gives:--

1. Special attention to the words of Latin authors read in Colleges and Schools.

2. The leading definitions in broad and clear type, so as to be easily caught by the eye.

3. The significations perspicuously arranged and illustrated by examples easily understood, or, if difficult, carefully translated.

4. The origin of each word, where it is known.

5. A comparison of important words and their synonyms.

6. Brief notices of proper names, and of the adjectives derived from them.

_Freund’s Leverett’s Latin Lexicon._

A New and Copious Lexicon of the Latin Language. Edited by F. P.
Leverett. A new edition, embracing the Classical Distinctions of
Words and the Etymological Index of Freund’s Lexicon. 8vo.

_Addison’s Complete Works._

Embracing numerous pieces now first collected, and Macaulay’s Essay
on the Life and Writings of Addison. Edited, with Notes, by Prof.
Greene. With a portrait on steel. Complete in 6 vols. 12mo.

_The Works of Laurence Sterne._

First Complete American edition. With a Life of the Author, and
portrait on steel. 2 vols. 12mo.

_The Works of William Hazlitt._

Comprising his “Table-Talk,” “Lectures on Literature,” “Essays,”
etc. 5 vols. 12mo.

_Frick’s Physical Technics._

Physical Technics; or, Practical Instructions for Making
Experiments in Physics, and the construction of Physical
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of the High School in Freiburg, and Professor of Physics in the
Lyceum. Translated by Rev. Dr. John B. Easter. Illustrated by
over 800 engravings. One vol. 8vo.

From Prof. Wm. J. Rolfe, A.M., Master of the High School, Salem, Mass.

Frick’s work is as useful as it is unique,--as valuable in its matter as it is beautiful in its mechanical execution. No other book published in this country, and none, I think, in the English language, covers the same ground. Many teachers will learn from it how to add, to the scanty apparatus often furnished them, scores of ingenious contrivances for experimental purposes at a very trifling expense. It will suggest to them, moreover, hundreds of admirable experiments not hinted at in the school text-books, or heard of even in the lecture-rooms of our colleges. The book ought to be in the library of every school where physical science is taught.

_Chauvenet’s Astronomy._

A Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy, embracing the
General Problem of Spherical Astronomy, its special applications
to Nautical Astronomy, and the Theory and Use of Fixed and
Portable Astronomical Instruments. With an Appendix on the
“Method of Least Squares.” Illustrated by engravings on wood
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Astronomy in Washington University, St. Louis. 2 vols. Royal 8vo.
$10.00.

_Army of the Cumberland._

Annals of the Army of the Cumberland, comprising Biographies,
Descriptions of Departments, Accounts of Expeditions, Skirmishes,
and Battles; also its Police Record of Spies, Smugglers, and
Prominent Rebel Emissaries, together with Anecdotes, Incidents,
Reminiscences, etc., and Official Reports of the Battle of Stone
River. By an Officer. Illustrated with numerous Steel Portraits,
Engravings, and Maps. 8vo.

_Marks’s Peninsular Campaign._

The Peninsular Campaign in Virginia; or, Incidents and Scenes on
the Battle Fields and in Richmond. Illustrated with numerous
engravings. By Rev. J. J. Marks, D.D., Chaplain of the 63d
Pennsylvania Regiment. 12mo. $1.50.

_Cassin’s American Ornithology._

American Ornithology; giving a General Synopsis of North American
Ornithology, and containing Descriptions and Figures of all
North American Birds not given by former American Authors,
after the manner, and designed as a continuation of the Works
of Audubon. By John Cassin, Member of the Academy of Natural
Sciences of Philadelphia, etc. etc. Illustrated with fifty
beautifully-colored Plates. One vol. 8vo.

_Cassin’s Mammalogy and Ornithology._

The Mammalogy and Ornithology of the United States Exploring
Expedition, under the command of Commodore Wilkes. Prepared under
the superintendence of John Cassin, Member of the Academy of
Natural Sciences, etc. One vol. quarto, with a Folio Atlas of
over fifty colored Engravings. $50.00.

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_Baird’s Birds of North America._

The Birds of North America: The descriptions of species based
chiefly on the collections in the Museum of the Smithsonian
Institution. By Spencer F. Baird, Assistant Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution; with the co-operation of John Cassin,
of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and Geo. N.
Lawrence, of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. With an
Atlas of one hundred plates. Text, one vol. 4to., $5.00; Atlas,
one vol. 4to., $15.00.

_Sloan’s Architectural Works._

=Sloan’s Constructive Architecture=: A guide for the builder and
carpenter; exhibiting the construction of a series of designs
for roofs, domes, spires, and the five orders of architecture,
selected from the best specimens of Grecian and Roman art, with
the figured dimensions of their height, projection, and profile.
To which is added a treatise on practical geometry. The whole
illustrated by 62 plates, and accompanied by explanatory text. By
Samuel Sloan, Architect, author of the “Model Architect,” “City
and Suburban Architecture,” etc. etc. One vol. 4to.

=Sloan’s City and Suburban Architecture=: In which are exhibited
numerous designs and details for public edifices, private
residences, and mercantile buildings. Illustrated with 136
folio engravings, accompanied by specifications, and historical
and explanatory text. By Samuel Sloan, author of the “Model
Architect,” “Sloan’s Constructive Architecture,” etc. etc. One
vol. folio.

=Sloan’s Homestead Architecture=: Containing forty designs for
villas, cottages, and farm-houses, with essays on style,
construction, landscape gardening, furniture, etc. Illustrated
with upwards of 200 engravings. By Samuel Sloan, Architect. One
vol. 8vo.