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by Jacob Biggle
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ISBN: 0486447235 Dover Publications Price: $5.95 |
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Irresistible and instructive, this manual offers timeless tips on the effective and humane treatment of horses. Topics include proper housing and feeding, basic veterinary medicine, and the schooling of foals, plus information on all major breeds and numerous maxims on owning, riding, and working with horses. Only edition in print. 72 illustrations.
Table of Contents for Biggle's Horse Book: A Classic Guide
| Preface | |||||||
| Invocation | |||||||
| History | |||||||
| Reference Chart | |||||||
| Horse Maxims | |||||||
| Chapter I. The Different Breeds | |||||||
| Chapter II. Feeding and Watering | |||||||
| Chapter III. In the Stable and at Work | |||||||
| Horse Maxims | |||||||
| Chapter IV. Whims and Vices | |||||||
| Chapter V. Harness Hints | |||||||
| Chapters VI-VII. Ailments and Remedies | |||||||
| Chapter VIII. Doctoring | |||||||
| Mare Maxims | |||||||
| Chapter IX. Mare and Colt | |||||||
| Chapter X. The Colt's Education | |||||||
| Colt Maxims | |||||||
| Chapter XI. The Foot | |||||||
| Horse Maxims | |||||||
| Chapter XII. Shoeing | |||||||
| Maxims | |||||||
| Chapter XIII. A Word from Harriet | |||||||
| Colt Philosophy | |||||||
| Chapter XIV. Age of a Horse | |||||||
| Chapter XV. About Stables | |||||||
| Index |