This text contains a comprehensive guide on creating the best possible horse, with complete information on how to know him, how to train him, how to breed him, how to shoe him, and how to drive him. This book comprises illustrations of the best contemporary trotting stock-horses in the United States, done from life, with their pedigrees, records, and full descriptions. The chapters of this text include: 'Points of a Horse, or the Marks by which a Good Horse is Known', 'The Principles of Breeding - Reasons why Breeders have not been Financially Successful', 'Breeding - How to Succeed', 'The Sire', 'The Dam', 'How to Train a Colt', 'The Horse's Foot, and How to Shoe It', etcetera. We are proud to republish this antique volume now complete with a new introduction on the care and management of horses.