Delisser, George P.
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Delisser’s horseman’s guide. Comprising the laws on warranty and the rules in purchasing and selling horses, with the decisions and reports of various courts in Europe and the United States. To which is added a detailed account of what constitute soundness and unsoundness, and a precise method simply laid down, for the examination of horses, showing their age to thirty years old. together with an exposure of the various tricks and impositions practiced by low horse dealers (jockeys) on inexperienced persons. Also a valuable table of each and every bone in the structure of the Horse. The entire matter carefully compiled from twenty english, five american, six french, and nine german veterinary authors, with the opinions of the compiler attached by Geo. P. Delisser, V. S. and L. A. and late examining veterinary surgeon to the american society for the prevention of cruelty to animal.
New York, Dick & Fitzgerald, 1875.