The Gentleman's Pocket-Farrier - Showing How to use your Horse on a Journey and What Remedies are Proper for Common Accidents that May Befall Him on the Road

"The Gentleman's Pocket-Farrier" is a concise and accessible handbook for horse owners, with chapters on everything from preparing for a journey to general care and management, treating ailments, and more. This vintage book will appeal to those with an interest in equestrianism, and it would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: "Legs", "Wind", "Cure for a Broken Wind", "A Draught-horse", "A Saddle-horse", "The Splint", "The Spavin", "Windgall", "Setting out on a Journey", "Directions for Mounting", "Directions for Going", "Correction Ill-timed. Correction Well-timed. An Easy Rein", "Cutting", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on maintaining and caring for horses. This book was first published in 1836.

Product details

• Authors: F. Tuffnell
• Publisher: Home Farm Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.02.2017
• EAN: 9781473336636
• ISBN: 978-1-4733-3663-6
• No. of pages: 42
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 68 g
• Subject: Guides > Nature > Horses, riding