  PREFACE. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY — GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TRAINING. CHAPTER II. HORSE TAMING AND HORSE TRAINING — HORSE MANAGEMENT — WHIP TRAINING — CURING BAD HABITS, ETC. CHAPTER III. ENGLISH SYSTEM OF TRAINING HUNTERS. CHAPTER IV. TRICKS OF PERFORMING HORSES, AND HOW THEY ARE TAUGHT. CHAPTER V. THEATRICAL HORSES AND THE HORSE DRAMA. CHAPTER VI. BREAKING AND TRAINING MULES — PERFORMING AND “COMIC” MULES. CHAPTER VII. SOME HINTS FOR FARMERS — MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING OF ANIMALS ON THE FARM — SOME EVILS AND HOW TO REMEDY THEM — GOOD TRAINING VS. BAD. CHAPTER VIII. DOGS IN GENERAL — WATCH DOGS — THE SHEPHERD’S DOG. CHAPTER IX. SPORTING DOGS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING. CHAPTER X. ORDINARY TRICKS PERFORMED BY DOGS. CHAPTER XI. WONDERFUL FEATS PERFORMED BY DOGS — MOST CELEBRATED DOGS OF THE WORLD — LEARNING THE ALPHABET — TO PLAY CARDS AND DOMINOES — TO SELECT ANY ARTICLE DESIRED AND PUT IT ANYWHERE DIRECTED. CHAPTER XII. TAMING AND TRAINING ELEPHANTS — CAPTURE AND TREATMENT — ELEPHANTS AS LABORERS AND AS CIRCUS PERFORMERS. CHAPTER XIII. LIONS, TIGERS, LEOPARDS AND PANTHERS. CHAPTER XIV. TAMING WILD ANIMALS IN GENERAL — SQUIRRELS — BEARS — BUFFALOES — WOLVES — HYENAS — RHINOCEROSES — HIPPOPOTAMI — CROCODILES — ALLIGATORS. CHAPTER XV. EDUCATION OF CATS AND GOATS. CHAPTER XVI. EDUCATED HOGS AND THEIR TRAINING. CHAPTER XVII. PERFORMING MONKEYS — MONKEY EQUESTRIANS — THE “WONDERFUL CYNOCEPHALUS” — MONKEY ACTORS, ETC. CHAPTER XVIII. RATS — MICE — FROGS — TOADS — FLEAS, ETC. CHAPTER XIX. “HAPPY FAMILIES” — ENEMIES BY NATURE MADE FRIENDS BY ART. CHAPTER XX. EDUCATED SEALS — TAME FISH, ETC. CHAPTER XXI. THE ART OF TAMING BIRDS. CHAPTER XXII. SONG BIRDS — THEIR MANAGEMENT AND TUITION. CHAPTER XXIII. TALKING BIRDS AND THEIR TRAINING. CHAPTER XXIV. PERFORMING BIRDS — THEIR TRICKS AND THEIR TRAINING. CHAPTER XXV. SNAKE CHARMING AND SNAKE CHARMER.
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