TRADITIONAL HORSE HUSBANDRY: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO HORSEKEEPING. By Carl W. Gay.

(1914) 2003 New edition. Ppxviii,331. B/w photographs, illustrations and charts.

This is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of keeping, breeding and using horses. Written in the days before the motor car, with a definite emphasis on breeding, choosing and managing your horse for working in shafts. Housing, feeding, health, breaking in and training, conformation, movement, tack, vehicles and their construction, carriage driving, breeding (including mules). Includes a useful section of advice on how to buy horses, and information on many different breeds, particularly those suited to light draught work.