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The Horse’s Friend

by O. S. Pratt

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  1. 1Dedication
  2. 2Autobiography
  3. 3Chapter II — Enlarging Business — Attachment to the Horse — Visits…
  4. 4Chapter III — Visit to Montrose — Large Class at Scranton — Diploma…
  5. 5Chapter IV — Across the Mountains — Easton — Hamburg — Lancaster —…
  6. 6Chapter V — York — Port Deposit — Baltimore — Success — Diploma — G…
  7. 7Chapter VI — Washington — A Large Class — The President a Pupil — T…
  8. 8Chapter VII — Annapolis — Delaware — New Jersey — New York State —…
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Bridgeport — Fall of Academy — Providence — Boston —…
  10. 10Chapter IX — Lewiston — Educating the Horse “Anfield” — Testimonial…
  11. 11Chapter X — Tour in Canada…
  12. 12Chapter XI — Toronto — “British Ensign” — Diploma — Silver Tea Set…
  13. 13History of the Horse
  14. 14Directions for Feeding and Fitting a Horse
  15. 15System of Educating the Horse
  16. 16To Educate the Horse to the Words “Come Here”
  17. 17How to Lay a Horse Down
  18. 18How to Get a Horse Up That Throws Himself
  19. 19To Educate a Colt Not to Be Afraid of His Heels
  20. 20To Educate a Colt to Drive Before Being Harnessed
  21. 21How to Educate a Colt to Move His Body When He Moves His Head
  22. 22Improved Method of Bitting a Colt
  23. 23Educating the Colt to Ride
  24. 24Instructions to Ride the Colt
  25. 25To Halter-Break a Colt, and Hitch in the Stable
  26. 26To Educate a Horse Not to Kick at You When Entering the Stall
  27. 27To Educate a Horse That Kicks or Paws in the Stall
  28. 28To Educate a Horse Not to Get Cast in the Stall
  29. 29To Educate a Colt to Lead Behind a Wagon
  30. 30To Educate a Horse That Is Bad to Catch
  31. 31To Educate a Horse Not to Rear Under the Saddle or Before a Carriage
  32. 32To Educate and Prevent a Horse From Cribbing
  33. 33To Educate and Break a Halter-Puller
  34. 34To Educate a Horse Not to Kick When the Line Gets Under His Tail
  35. 35Another Method of Educating a Horse Not to Kick
  36. 36To Cure Corns
  37. 37To Harden a Tender-Mouthed Horse
  38. 38To Educate the Horse Bad to Groom
  39. 39Hugging the Pole
  40. 40Luggers on the Bit
  41. 41Bits Used in Educating Horses Addicted to Bad Habits
  42. 42To Educate Horses Not to Be Afraid of Objects When Driving
  43. 43First Lesson to Educate a Horse Not to Fear an Umbrella
  44. 44Horse Bad to Bridle
  45. 45To Educate a Horse Not to Fear an Umbrella
  46. 46Treatment of Wounds
  47. 47English Stable Liniment
  48. 48To Educate a Single-Footed Horse to Trot Square
  49. 49Ring-Bone Remedy
  50. 50An Excellent Liniment for Spavin, Splint Curbs, etc.
  51. 51To Educate a Pacing Horse to Trot
  52. 52Poll-Evil and Fistula
  53. 53Nerve and Bone Liniment
  54. 54To Educate a Horse to Trot
  55. 55To Educate a Horse Not to Kick While in Shafts
  56. 56Diuretic Drops
  57. 57To Educate a Lazy Horse, and Infuse Life Into Him
  58. 58An Easy Method of Starting a Balky Horse Who Stops on the Road
  59. 59To Educate a Balky Horse to Draw in Double Harness
  60. 60Ointment for All Bruises, Scratches, Heel Grease, Saddle Galls, etc.
  61. 61Hoof Liniment, for Contracted Hoof
  62. 62Remedy for Botts
  63. 63To Educate a Horse Not to Kick While Being Shod
  64. 64To Educate a Horse, While Standing, That Is Bad to Shoe
  65. 65To Prevent Horses Being Teased by Flies
  66. 66Double-Hitch Bonaparte Bridle
  67. 67The Only Safe Method of Controlling a Horse Bad to Shoe
  68. 68To Educate a Horse Not to Be Afraid of the Cars
  69. 69Sweeny Liniment
  70. 70To Educate a Horse to Back at the Word of Command
  71. 71To Educate Horses or Cattle Not to Jump the Fence
  72. 72For Inflammation of the Lungs
  73. 73A Remedy to Cure the Heaves
  74. 74To Educate a Cow Not to Kick While Being Milked
  75. 75Colic or Gripes
  76. 76To Educate a Cow to Let Her Milk Down While Milking
  77. 77Practical Result of Educating the Cow to Give Down Milk
  78. 78A Cure for Heaves, Never Before Published
  79. 79To Cure Worms in Horses
  80. 80To Educate Cattle to Lead Behind a Wagon
  81. 81To Educate a Tender-Mouthed Horse to Pull on the Bit
  82. 82To Educate a Horse Not to Be Afraid of a Buffalo Robe
  83. 83Intelligence of Animals
  84. 84Ferren’s Patented Steel Horseshoe
  85. 85Trick Horses
  86. 86To Educate a Horse to Mount a Pedestal
  87. 87How to Make a Horse Waltz
  88. 88To Educate the Horse to Walk on His Hind Feet
  89. 89How to Make a Horse Say “No”
  90. 90To Educate a Horse to Push a Vehicle
  91. 91How to Make a Horse Go Lame
  92. 92To Educate a Horse to Be Vicious
  93. 93How to Teach a Horse to Laugh
  94. 94To Educate a Horse to Walk on His Knees
  95. 95To Educate a Horse to Drive a Boy Off the Pedestal
  96. 96To Shake Hands
  97. 97How to Make a Horse Bow
  98. 98To Educate a Horse to Sit Down
  99. 99To Cure the Scratches in the Shortest Time Ever Known
  100. 100To Educate a Horse to Bore for Oil
  101. 101How to Make a Horse Walk Up
  102. 102A Sure Method of Making a Horse Bad to Catch
  103. 103Hide Bound
  104. 104To Educate a Horse to Take a Handkerchief From His Side
  105. 105Distemper
  106. 106To Educate a Horse to Kiss a Boy
  107. 107Bone Spavin
  108. 108For Windgalls · For Inflamed Swellings or Lamed Shoulders — Educati…
  109. 109To Fire a Gun
  110. 110To Pass Between Your Legs
  111. 111To Jump Through a Hoop
  112. 112To Stand on Chairs
  113. 113Miscellaneous
  114. 114The Only Safe and Practical Way to Give a Horse Medicine
  115. 115Spavin
  116. 116To Tell a Horse’s Age
  117. 117New Method to Tell the Age
  118. 118Training Steers
  119. 119Treatise on Horseshoeing
  120. 120To Prevent Horses Interfering
  121. 121Overreaching
  122. 122An Exposition of the Dunbar System of Horseshoeing, and Treatment o…
  123. 123Instructions for Fitting and Driving the Shoe
  124. 124Corns
  125. 125Quarter and Toe-Cracks
  126. 126Thrush
  127. 127Pumice Foot
  128. 128Hoof-Bound
  129. 129Recipes
  130. 130Influenza
  131. 131Condition Powder
  132. 132Glanders
  133. 133Lock Jaw
  134. 134To Distinguish Between Distemper and Glanders — Chronic Cough
  135. 135Treatment for Rheumatism
  136. 136Founder Remedy
  137. 137Horse Ointment
  138. 138Magic Liniment
  139. 139French Paste for Bone Spavin
  140. 140How to Clean and Oil Harness
  141. 141Physic Ball
  142. 142To Scatter Poll-Evil
  143. 143Healing Salve for Abrasions and Cuts
  144. 144Wash for Foul Ulcers
  145. 145Antispasmodic Tincture
  146. 146Record of Fast Horses for 1875
  147. 147Rules and Regulations — Adopted by the National Association of the…

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