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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 cover

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

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By O. S. Pratt
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A practical manual presents a step-by-step system for educating horses and eliminating vicious habits, with lessons covering haltering, leading, driving, stabling, and teaching specific behaviors. It pairs training protocols with detailed farriery and horseshoeing guidance, feeding and fitness recommendations, and remedies for common ailments. The author intersperses accounts of public demonstrations and instruction tours with over a hundred illustrations that show haltering, hoof paring, shoe fitting, and corrective treatments. Supplementary sections treat training of dogs and cattle, a variety of trick exercises, and a compiled record and rules for trotting alongside miscellaneous recipes and practical tips for handlers.

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Title: The Horse's Friend

Author: O. S. Pratt

Release date: September 1, 2020 [eBook #63098]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HORSE'S FRIEND ***

O. S. Pratt

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, HORSESHOEING,
THE LATEST RULES OF TROTTING, AND THE RECORD OF
FAST HORSES UP TO 1876.

By Prof. O. S. PRATT.

TENTH THOUSAND.

Illustrated by over One Hundred and Forty Elegant Engravings.

BUFFALO:
PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR.
1876.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1875, by
O. S. PRATT,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C.

Entered according to the act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year 1876, by
O. S. PRATT,
In the Office of the Minister of Agriculture.

The Electrotyping, Printing and Binding, by
The Courier Company,
Buffalo, N. Y.

The Drawing and Engraving, by the
Bureau of Illustration,
Buffalo, N. Y.