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256 <strong>The</strong> Management'<strong>and</strong> Treatment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Horse,<br />

h<strong>and</strong>, my writ<strong>in</strong>gs have proved beneficial to my readers,<br />

<strong>and</strong> by <strong>the</strong>m I have added one jot more comfort to <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>horse</strong>, my studies are not <strong>in</strong> va<strong>in</strong>. Remember always<br />

<strong>the</strong> merciful man is k<strong>in</strong>d to his beast. Treat <strong>the</strong>m k<strong>in</strong>dly<br />

<strong>and</strong> you will f<strong>in</strong>d many more good <strong>horse</strong>s than bad ones.<br />

In conclusion, I have to thank all those gentlemen who<br />

by <strong>the</strong>ir k<strong>in</strong>dness to me have enabled me to quote so<br />

much from <strong>the</strong>ir writ<strong>in</strong>gs for <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>formation <strong>of</strong> my<br />

readers, <strong>and</strong> above all, I hope to pay a life-long tribute to<br />

<strong>the</strong> memory <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> late Sir Thomas MoncriefF, who en-<br />

couraged me as a boy <strong>in</strong> my studies with <strong>the</strong> solicitude<br />

<strong>of</strong> a tender fa<strong>the</strong>r <strong>and</strong> friend, <strong>and</strong> but for him I should<br />

not have been able to sign myself,<br />

NORWICH :<br />

ARGUS<br />

Yours faithfully,<br />

A STUD GROOM.<br />

WORKS, ST GILES' STREET. LONDON : 84 FLEET STREET.

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