Sherwood Gilbert and Piper

How to Buy a Horse Sherwood Gilbert and Piper

This special re-print edition of Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper' book "AHow To Buy A Horse" is a guide to selecting horses based on their conformation, movement and other features. Written in 1840, this classic text provides insight into everything a person would wish to know about selecting horses based on shape, appearance, action, soundness or defects. Also included are insights into trickery used by unscrupulous sellers to deceive would be buyers. "How To Buy A Horse" is a concise read that sheds light on the age old secrets of selecting horses for riding and breeding use. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.