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Title: "Centaur" : or The "turn out," a practical treatise on the (humane) management of horses, either in harness, saddle, or stable; with hints respecting the harness-room, coach-house, &c.
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Gough, E. W
Subjects: Horses Horsemanship
Publisher: London : Hardwicke and Bogue
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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ut will simplyadhere to plain language—not intended for owners oflarge establishments,—although a few useful hints maybe slathered to advantaofe. Neither would he en-croach upon the sphere of the vet., farrier, or breaker,knowing at the same time that they would understandthe real purport and meaning of his remarks, inputting before those immediately concerned, in plainEnglish, without the least effort at embellishment,but in a few condensed articles explain the simplesystem that should be laid down by all owners, whetherthey set up a temporary or permanent turn out. Theauthors experiences are those of a life time, both at homeand in foreign countries—under ground and upon thesurface—and he feels fully confident that any suggestionshe may be able to give for the general good will be lookedupon in the usual appreciative light, and every indulgencegiven for oversights or technical errors that may arise,whether it be on the part of the author, or otherwise. ••^. I :■?.■ I
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i ^ ^ 1. THE -THOROUGH GROOM. Achievement is command.The Thorough Groom is the man that takes apride in his charge, and that alone is the test, whether itbe the paid servant or the owner of the horse ; for it isequally important that the master should do his duty,when he undertakes it, as the man. The business ofhorse-keeping must not be skimmed over by the employeror employees. Care must be taken not to be promptedto adopt all the complicated and expensive experimentsthat are frequently suggested, and which in many casesdo not mean economy or improvement, but anxiety, andreduction in the market value of the horse. Is it not a real pleasure to see the very easy andsystematic manner in which the thoughtful and cheerfulgroom goes about his work, and the perfect understandingthat exists between man and horse .^ Mutual feelingis brought about by nothing else but regular habitson the part of the groom— doing everything in theright way and at the proper time—no noise, no irritation,but

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