Horses and Roads by "Free-Lance", 3rd edition, 1881, Antique Animal Care / Veterinarian Hardback

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Horses and Roads by "Free-Lance", 3rd edition, 1881, published by Longmans, Green and Co. London. Hardback, 232 pages

'Or How to Keep a Horse Sound on Its Legs
Being a Series of Papers Republished from the Farm Journal'

This Victorian animal care hardback is in acceptable-fair condition:
- the cover has wear, rubbing. There are water stains on the front and some other marks. The spine veneer has some tiny splits.
- inside there is some foxing especially on the flysheets
- the first flysheet has a stamp for the Tunbridge Wells Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- there is a name on the second flysheet from 1883
- the spine has split at page 128-9, which also has some foxing
- the back flysheet has 'A Veterinary Surgeon's Warning' newspaper clipping from 1883, glued in and another part is loose
Otherwise the text has no writing, tearing, creasing or dog-earing.

19cm x 13.5cm x 2.5cm approx.

Preface reads:
It is a generally acknowledged fact that large numbers of horses are worn out in the feet and legs at a premature age, whilst nearly all are frequently laid off work by lameness; and these two misfortunes for the poor animals appear to be acceptable as unavoidable for them. To combat this belief, these papers were written. On their first appearance they excited a certain amount of interest, and several gentlemen put to practical experiment the principles advanced. The results obtained by three of them are given, by kind permission in the Appendix.
It is not attempted to palm off any patent upon the public, as the author has nothing to sell, and can be neither benefited not prejudiced in any way by the adoption or rejection of his principles. He has written from disinterested motives; and he has been rewarded, before the book is published by the knowledge that many horses are already reaping benefit from his efforts in their favour.

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