The Horse’s Friend

About this eBook

Author

Pratt, O. S., 1835-

Title

The Horse's Friend The Only Practical Method of Educating the Horse and Eradicating Vicious Habits; Followed by a Variety of Valuable Recipes, Instructions in Farriery, Horse-shoeing, the Latest Rules of Trotting, and the Record of Fast Horses Up to 1876

Credits

Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

SF: Agriculture: Animal culture

Subject

Horses

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 63098

Release Date

September 1, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HORSE’S FRIEND.
2. 2.DEDICATION.
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
4. 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
5. 5.AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
6. 6.CHAPTER I.
7. 7.CHAPTER II.
8. 8.CHAPTER III.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV.
10. 10.CHAPTER V.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX.
15. 15.CHAPTER X.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI.
17. 17.HISTORY OF THE HORSE
18. 18.DIRECTIONS FOR FEEDING AND FITTING A HORSE.
19. 19.SYSTEM OF EDUCATING THE HORSE. — NEW METHOD OF HALTERING A VICIOUS OR WILD COLT. — TO EDUCATE THE HORSE TO THE WORDS “COME HERE.” — HOW TO LAY A HORSE DOWN. — HOW TO GET A HORSE UP THAT THROWS HIMSELF. — TO EDUCATE A COLT NOT TO BE AFRAID OF HIS HEELS. — TO EDUCATE A COLT TO DRIVE BEFORE BEING HARNESSED. — HOW TO EDUCATE A COLT TO MOVE HIS BODY WHEN HE MOVES HIS HEAD. — IMPROVED METHOD OF BITTING A COLT. — EDUCATING THE COLT TO RIDE — INSTRUCTIONS TO RIDE THE COLT. — TO HALTER-BREAK A COLT, AND HITCH IN THE STABLE. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE NOT TO KICK AT YOU WHEN ENTERING THE STALL. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE THAT KICKS OR PAWS IN THE STALL. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE NOT TO GET CAST IN THE STALL. — TO EDUCATE A COLT TO LEAD BEHIND A WAGON. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE THAT IS BAD TO CATCH. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE NOT TO REAR UNDER THE SADDLE OR BEFORE A CARRIAGE. — TO EDUCATE AND PREVENT A HORSE FROM CRIBBING. — TO EDUCATE AND BREAK A HALTER-PULLER. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE NOT TO KICK WHEN THE LINE GETS UNDER HIS TAIL. — ANOTHER METHOD OF EDUCATING A HORSE NOT TO KICK. — TO CURE CORNS. — TO HARDEN A TENDER-MOUTHED HORSE. — TO EDUCATE THE HORSE BAD TO GROOM. — HUGGING THE POLE. — LUGGERS ON THE BIT. — BITS USED IN EDUCATING HORSES ADDICTED TO BAD HABITS. — TO EDUCATE HORSES NOT TO BE AFRAID OF OBJECTS WHEN DRIVING. — FIRST LESSON TO EDUCATE A HORSE NOT TO FEAR AN UMBRELLA. — HORSE BAD TO BRIDLE. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE NOT TO FEAR AN UMBRELLA. — TREATMENT OF WOUNDS. — ENGLISH STABLE LINIMENT. — TO EDUCATE A SINGLE-FOOTED HORSE TO TROT SQUARE. — RING-BONE REMEDY. — AN EXCELLENT LINIMENT FOR SPAVIN, SPLINT CURBS, ETC. — TO EDUCATE A PACING HORSE TO TROT. — POLL-EVIL AND FISTULA. — NERVE AND BONE LINIMENT. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE TO TROT. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE NOT TO KICK WHILE IN SHAFTS. — DIURETIC DROPS. — TO EDUCATE A LAZY HORSE, AND INFUSE LIFE INTO HIM. — AN EASY METHOD OF STARTING A BALKY HORSE WHO STOPS ON THE ROAD. — TO EDUCATE A BALKY HORSE TO DRAW IN DOUBLE HARNESS. — OINTMENT FOR ALL BRUISES, SCRATCHES, HEEL GREASE, SADDLE GALLS, ETC. — HOOF LINIMENT, FOR CONTRACTED HOOF. — REMEDY FOR BOTTS. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE NOT TO KICK WHILE BEING SHOD. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE, WHILE STANDING, THAT IS BAD TO SHOE. — TO PREVENT HORSES BEING TEASED BY FLIES. — DOUBLE-HITCH BONAPARTE BRIDLE. — THE ONLY SAFE METHOD OF CONTROLLING A HORSE BAD TO SHOE. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE NOT TO BE AFRAID OF THE CARS. — SWEENY LINIMENT. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE TO BACK AT THE WORD OF COMMAND. — TO EDUCATE HORSES OR CATTLE NOT TO JUMP THE FENCE. — FOR INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS. — A REMEDY TO CURE THE HEAVES. — TO EDUCATE A COW NOT TO KICK WHILE BEING MILKED. — COLIC OR GRIPES. — TO EDUCATE A COW TO LET HER MILK DOWN WHILE MILKING. — PRACTICAL RESULT OF EDUCATING THE COW TO GIVE DOWN MILK. — A CURE FOR HEAVES, NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED. — TO CURE WORMS IN HORSES. — TO EDUCATE CATTLE TO LEAD BEHIND A WAGON. — TO EDUCATE A TENDER-MOUTHED HORSE TO PULL ON THE BIT. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE NOT TO BE AFRAID OF A BUFFALO ROBE.
20. 20.INTELLIGENCE OF ANIMALS. — FERREN’S PATENTED STEEL HORSESHOE.
21. 21.TRICK HORSES. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE TO MOUNT A PEDESTAL. — HOW TO MAKE A HORSE WALTZ. — TO EDUCATE THE HORSE TO WALK ON HIS HIND FEET. — HOW TO MAKE A HORSE SAY “NO.” — TO EDUCATE A HORSE TO PUSH A VEHICLE. — HOW TO MAKE A HORSE GO LAME. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE TO BE VICIOUS. — HOW TO TEACH A HORSE TO LAUGH. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE TO WALK ON HIS KNEES. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE TO DRIVE A BOY OFF THE PEDESTAL. — TO SHAKE HANDS. — HOW TO MAKE A HORSE BOW. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE TO SIT DOWN. — TO CURE THE SCRATCHES IN THE SHORTEST TIME EVER KNOWN. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE TO BORE FOR OIL. — HOW TO MAKE A HORSE WALK UP. — A SURE METHOD OF MAKING A HORSE BAD TO CATCH. — HIDE BOUND. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE TO TAKE A HANDKERCHIEF FROM HIS SIDE. — DISTEMPER. — TO EDUCATE A HORSE TO KISS A BOY. — BONE SPAVIN. — FOR WINDGALLS. — FOR INFLAMED SWELLINGS OR LAMED SHOULDERS.
22. 22.EDUCATING DOGS. — TO ROLL A BARREL. — TO FIRE A GUN. — TO PASS BETWEEN YOUR LEGS. — TO JUMP THROUGH A HOOP. — TO STAND ON CHAIRS.
23. 23.MISCELLANEOUS. — FOR CURING COLIC IN HORSES. — THE ONLY SAFE AND PRACTICAL WAY TO GIVE A HORSE MEDICINE. — SPAVIN. — TO TELL A HORSE’S AGE. — NEW METHOD TO TELL THE AGE.
24. 24.TRAINING STEERS.
25. 25.TREATISE ON HORSESHOEING. — TO PREVENT HORSES INTERFERING. — OVERREACHING.
26. 26.AN EXPOSITION OF THE DUNBAR SYSTEM OF HORSESHOEING, AND TREATMENT OF THE HORSE’S FOOT. — INSTRUCTIONS FOR FITTING AND DRIVING THE SHOE. — CORNS. — QUARTER AND TOE-CRACKS. — THRUSH. — PUMICE FOOT. — HOOF-BOUND.
27. 27.RECIPES. — INFLUENZA. — CONDITION POWDER. — GLANDERS. — LOCK JAW. — TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN DISTEMPER AND GLANDERS. — CHRONIC COUGH. — TREATMENT FOR RHEUMATISM. — FOUNDER REMEDY. — HORSE OINTMENT. — MAGIC LINIMENT. — FRENCH PASTE FOR BONE SPAVIN. — HOW TO CLEAN AND OIL HARNESS. — PHYSIC BALL. — TO SCATTER POLL-EVIL. — HEALING SALVE FOR ABRASIONS AND CUTS. — WASH FOR FOUL ULCERS. — ANTISPASMODIC TINCTURE.
28. 28.RECORD OF FAST HORSES FOR 1875.
29. 29.RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE AMERICAN TROTTING TURF.
30. 30.GENERAL INDEX.

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