| Page. | |
| Autobiography, | 11 |
| Bits Used in Educating Horses Addicted to Bad Habits: | |
| To prevent a horse getting his tongue over the bit, | 251 |
| Lolling the tongue, | 251 |
| Cure a horse sucking wind, | 252 |
| Dead mouth, | 253 |
| Cure a side-reiner, | 253 |
| Cattle, Education of: | |
| To educate a cow not to kick while being milked, | 327 |
| To educate a cow to give down her milk, | 331 |
| Practical result of educating cows to give down milk, | 335 |
| To educate cattle to lead behind a wagon, | 339 |
| System of educating steers, | 428 |
| Directions for Feeding and Fitting the Horse, | 451 |
| Dogs, Education of: | |
| To roll a barrel, | 411 |
| To fire a gun, | 411 |
| To pass between your legs, | 415 |
| To jump through hoops, | 415 |
| To stand on chairs, | 416 |
| Dunbar System of Horseshoeing, etc., | 445 |
| Educating the Horse, System of: | |
| New method of haltering a vicious or wild colt, | 161 |
| Teaching the words “Come here”, | 165 |
| How to lay a horse down, | 169 |
| How to get a horse up that throws himself, | 173 |
| To educate a colt not to be afraid of his heels, | 177 |
| To educate a colt to drive before being harnessed, | 181 |
| How to educate a colt to move his body when he moves his head, | 185 |
| Improved method of bitting colts, | 189 |
| Educating a horse to ride, | 193 |
| Instructions to ride the colt, | 197 |
| To halter-break and hitch a colt in the stall, | 201 |
| To educate the horse not to kick at you when entering the stall, | 205 |
| To educate the horse that kicks or paws in the stable, | 209 |
| To prevent a horse from getting cast in the stall, | 213 |
| To educate a colt to lead behind a wagon, | 217 |
| To educate a horse that is bad to catch, | 221 |
| To educate a horse not to rear, | 225 |
| To educate and prevent a horse from cribbing, | 229 |
| To educate and break a halter-puller, | 233 |
| To educate a horse not to kick when the rein gets under his tail, | 237 |
| Another method of educating a kicking horse, | 241 |
| To harden a tender-mouthed horse, | 244 |
| To educate the horse bad to groom, | 247 |
| Hugging the pole, | 248 |
| Luggers on the bit, | 248 |
| To educate horses not to fear objects while driving, | 257 |
| First lesson in educating horses not to fear an umbrella, | 261 |
| Second lesson in educating horses not to fear an umbrella, | 265 |
| Horse bad to bridle, | 262 |
| To educate a single-footed horse to trot square, | 269 |
| To educate a pacing horse to trot, | 273 |
| To educate a horse to trot fast, | 277 |
| To educate a horse not to kick while in shafts, | 281 |
| To educate and infuse life into a lazy horse, | 287 |
| To educate a balky horse to draw in double harness, | 295 |
| An easy method of starting a balky horse, | 291 |
| To educate a horse not to kick while being shod, | 299 |
| To educate a horse while standing bad to shoe, | 303 |
| Double hitch educating bridle, | 307 |
| A boon for the blacksmith, | 311 |
| To educate a horse not to be afraid of the cars, | 315 |
| To educate a horse to back at the word of command, | 319 |
| To educate horses or cattle not to jump fences, | 323 |
| To educate a tender-mouthed horse to pull on the bit, | 343 |
| To educate horses not to fear a buffalo robe—illustration and instructions found between pages, | 344 and 345 |
| To educate and make a horse bad to catch, | 399 |
| Fast Horses, Record of, | 513 |
| History of the Horse, | 141 |
| Intelligence of Animals, | 345 |
| Miscellaneous: | |
| The only practical way of administering medicine to a horse, | 423 |
| To tell a horse’s age, | 425 |
| New method to tell the age, | 426 |
| Sure method of producing a rapid growth in horses’ hoofs, | 444 |
| Corns and their treatment, | 459 |
| Ferren’s steel horseshoe, | 362 |
| Hoof-expanding shoe for contracted feet, | 362 |
| Recipes—Many Never Before Published: | |
| An excellent liniment for sprains, splints or curbs, | 270 |
| A remedy for heaves, | 324 |
| A sure cure for worms in horses, | 336 |
| A cure for colic or gripes, | 328 |
| Cure for spavin, | 408 |
| Cure for windgalls, | 408 |
| Cure for colic, | 419 |
| Cure for heaves—never before published, | 336 |
| Diuretic drops, | 284 |
| Treatment of wounds, | 266 |
| To prevent horses being teased by flies, | 304 |
| An English stable liniment, | 266 |
| Liniment for contracted hoof, | 296 |
| For inflammation of the lungs, | 324 |
| To cure the scratches in the shortest time ever known, | 392 |
| To cure distemper, | 404 |
| To cure hide-bound, | 404 |
| To cure inflamed swellings or lame shoulders, | 408 |
| Ring bone remedy, | 270 |
| Remedy for botts, | 266 |
| Another cure for spavin, | 424 |
| A valuable liniment for sweeny, | 316 |
| Ointment for bruises, scratches, saddle galls, etc., | 296 |
| Nerve and bone liniment, | 274 |
| Sure cure for poll-evil and fistula, | 274 |
| To cure influenza, | 496 |
| Condition powders, | 498 |
| Glanders, | 499 |
| Lock-jaw, | 503 |
| To distinguish between distemper and glanders, | 504 |
| Chronic cough, | 505 |
| Treatment for Rheumatism, | 505 |
| Founder remedy, | 506 |
| Horse ointment, | 506 |
| Magic liniment, | 507 |
| French paste for bone spavin, | 508 |
| How to clean and oil harness, | 509 |
| Physic Ball, | 510 |
| To scatter poll-evil, | 511 |
| Healing salve for abrasion and cuts, | 511 |
| Wash for foul ulcers, | 512 |
| Antispasmodic tincture, | 512 |
| Shoeing, A Treatise on, | 431 |
| To prevent horses interfering, | 441 |
| To prevent overreaching, | 443 |
| Trick Horses: | |
| To educate a horse to mount a pedestal, | 367 |
| To make a horse waltz, | 368 |
| To walk on his hind-feet, | 371 |
| To teach to say “No”, | 372 |
| To teach to go lame, | 376 |
| To teach to be vicious, | 379 |
| To teach to push a vehicle, | 375 |
| To teach to laugh, | 380 |
| To teach to walk on his knees, | 383 |
| To teach to drive a boy off a pedestal, | 387 |
| To teach to make a bow, | 388 |
| To teach to shake hands, | 388 |
| To teach to sit down, | 391 |
| To teach to bore for oil, | 395 |
| To teach to walk upright, | 396 |
| To teach to take handkerchief from his side, | 403 |
| To teach to kiss a boy, | 407 |
| Rules Trotting Course, Revised, | 521 |
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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About This Book
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.