Horses, Mules, and Ponies and How to Keep Them Practical Hints for Horse-Keepers

This complete guide, originally published in 1859, includes every subject of interest to those who, for pleasure or business, own or use a horse. In a comprehensive and concise manner, Horses, Mules, and Ponies, and How to Keep Them offers a vivid historical portrait of horse-keeping prior to the American Civil War, though much of it is still relevant and useful to today's breeders and stablemen. Learn about: how to breed horses; breeds and characteristics of ponies; how to breed mules; how to buy a horse; how to stable and groom a horse; harnesses; carriages; veterinary homeopathy; racing; horse-taming; how to drive a horse; ladies' riding; and much more. (4 1/2 X 7 1/4, 430 pages, illustrations, charts)Herbert, Henry William is the author of 'Horses, Mules, and Ponies and How to Keep Them Practical Hints for Horse-Keepers', published 2000 under ISBN 9781585741472 and ISBN 1585741477.