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1. Hints to horse-keepers : a complete manual for horsemen : embracing how to breed a hors, how to buy a horse, how to break a horse, how to use a horse, how to feed a horse, how to physic a horse (allopathy and homoeopathy), how to groom a horse, how to drive a horse, how to ride a horse, and chapters on mules and ponies / by Henry William Herbert (Fank Forester) ; with additions, including "Baucher's system of horsemanship," also, giving directions for the selection and care of carriages and harness of every description, and a memoir of the author ; beautifully illustrated.

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Creator:: Herbert, Henry William, 1807–1858
Date:: [1859]
Physical Description:: 425, [7] pages, [22] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The gentleman's new pocket companion : comprising a general description of the noble and useful animal the horse : together with the quickest and simplest mode of fattening, necessary treatment while undergoing excessive fatigue or on a journey : the construction and management of stables : different marks for ascertaining the age of a horse, from three to nine years old : with a concise account of the diseases to which the horse is most subject, with such remedies as long experience has proven effectual / by Richard Mason, of Surry County, Virginia.

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Creator:: Mason, Richard, active 1808–1861?
Date:: 1811
Physical Description:: [2], 4, [1], iv-vii, 176, [3], 11, [1] pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts