It is a manual that offers practical instructions based on the author's experience in breeding, driving, care, and management of horses. The book aims to offer hands-on advice to horse owners without the interference of ignorant farriers and grooms. The manual avoids technicalities and presents the author's opinion on disease in a clear and comprehensible manner. The book is a horse owner delight and its chapters include Breeding, Selecting, Buying, Stabling, Grooming, Haltering, Clothing, Feeding, Watering, Grazing, Training, Exercising, Work, Bridling, Saddling, Riding, Harnessing, Driving, Drawing, Shoeing, etcetera. This text was first published in 1867 and is proudly republished now, complete with a new introduction on the care and management of horses.