The illustrated horse management

About this eBook

Author

Mayhew, Edward, 1813?-1868

Title

The illustrated horse management : containing descriptive remarks upon anatomy, medicine, shoeing, teeth, food, vices, stables : likewise a plain account of the situation, nature, and value of the various points : together with comments on grooms, dealers, breeders, breakers, and trainers : also on carriages and harness

Original Publication

Philadelphia: J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., 1864.

Credits

Jane Robins, Neil Mercer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

SF: Agriculture: Animal culture

Subject

Horses

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 78560

Release Date

April 27, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE ILLUSTRATED HORSE MANAGEMENT
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.CHAPTER I. THE BODY OF THE HORSE ANATOMICALLY CONSIDERED.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. PHYSIC, THE MODE OF ADMINISTERING IT, AND MINOR OPERATIONS.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. SHOEING—ITS ORIGIN, ITS USES, AND ITS VARIETIES.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. THE TEETH—THEIR NATURAL GROWTH, AND THE ABUSES TO WHICH THEY ARE LIABLE.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. FOOD—THE FITTEST TIME FOR FEEDING, AND THE KIND OF FOOD WHICH THE HORSE NATURALLY CONSUMES.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. THE EVILS WHICH ARE OCCASIONED BY MODERN STABLES.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. THE FAULTS INSEPARABLE FROM MOST PRESENT ERECTIONS WHICH ARE USED AS STABLES.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. THE SO-CALLED “INCAPACITATING VICES,” WHICH ARE THE RESULTS OF INJURY OR OF DISEASE.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. STABLES AS THEY SHOULD BE.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. GROOMS—THEIR PREJUDICES, THEIR INJURIES, AND THEIR DUTIES.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. HORSE DEALERS—WHO THEY ARE, THEIR MODE OF DEALING, THEIR PROFITS, THEIR MORALITY, AND THEIR SECRETS.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. POINTS—THEIR RELATIVE IMPORTANCE, AND WHERE TO LOOK FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. BREEDING—ITS INCONSISTENCIES AND ITS DISAPPOINTMENTS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. BREAKING AND TRAINING—THEIR ERRORS AND THEIR RESULTS.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. CARRIAGES—THEIR COST, THEIR MAKE, THEIR EXCELLENCES, AND THEIR MANAGEMENT.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. SADDLERY, HARNESS, AND STABLE SUNDRIES—OF WHAT THESE CONSIST; THEIR APPLICATION AND THEIR PRESERVATION.
22. 22.INDEX.
23. 23.J. B. LIPPINCOTT & Co.’s PUBLICATIONS.
24. 24.Transcriber's Note

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