INDEX 



693 



Glands, structure of, -478; anatomy of the 

 salivary, 480 ; bronchial, 473 ; the pulmon- 

 ary, ih. 



Glanders, symptoms of, 59i2. 



(Joddlphiu Arabian, the, 19 — 71. 



fTOmphosis, 396. 



Gorse, for soiling, 261. 



Granary, construction of, 222. 



Grass, for the horse, 351 ; turning out to, 309. 



(Jrease, symptoms of, 586; treatment of, 587. 



Greek horse, the, 2. 



Greeu food, for horses, 260 ; for soiling horses, 

 ib. 



Green oats for soiling, 261. 



Groom, duties of, 245. 



Grooming of horses, 273. 



Gruel, 256. 



Habits, of the horse, 7; out-door bad, 336. 



Hack, the covert, 118 ; the road, ib. ; the 

 park, ib. 



Hacks, preparation of, for work, 305 ; feeding 

 of, ib. 



Hai-morrhage, from the lungs, treatment of, 

 552 ; from the nose, treatment of, ib. 



Half-bred horse, the, 112. 



Halters used for breaking, 203—205. 



Hand gallop, the, 150. 



Hands, attainment of good, in riding, 329. 



Hanoverian horses, the, 65 ; Pelham, the, 323. 



Harmonia, 396. 



Harness, blacking, recipes for, 317 ; breaking 

 to, 212 ; choice of, 339 ; care of, 315 ; double, 

 view of, 342 ; directions for cleaning, 315 ; 

 details of single, 339 ; horses, preparation of, 

 for work, 304 ; method of drying, 238 ; room 

 in stables, 238. 



Haw, anatomy of, 497. 



Hay, chamber, 221 ; as food for horses, 252 ; 

 musty, 253 ; cjuantity recjuired of the, 254 ; 

 upland, 252 ; weather-beaten, 253 ; burnt, 

 253. 



Head, bones of the, 354 ; division of the bones 

 of, ib. ; relative proportions of the, 350. 



Health, upiland grass most useful in restoring, 

 311. 



Heart, anatomy of the, 460 ; and arteries, 

 plan of the, 463 ; obscurity of diseases of 

 the, 551. 



Heavy machiner, the, 131. 



Heels, treatment of chapped, 586. 



Hemisphere, Western, hoi-ses of the, 33. 



Hempseed, for stallions, 259. 



Hepatization of the lungs, 547. 



Hernia, operation for reduciug, 634 ; the ana- 

 tomy of the parts connected with, 440. 



Herbert's, Mr., account of wild horse of 

 America, 39. 



Herod, history of, 74 ; pedigree of, ib. 



Highblowing, see roaring, 516. 



Highland pony, the, 127. 



Hip-joint, 420 ; dislocation of, 534 ; ligaments 

 of, 420 ; rarity of strain of, 532 ; symptoms 

 of strain of, ib. ; treatment of strain of, ib. 



Hobbles, description of, and method of using, 

 623 ; improved, 624. 



Hock, the, 424 ; cause of capped, 526 ; treat- 

 ment of capped, ib. ; ti-eatment of strain of 

 the, 533. 



Hock-joint, the, 424 ; anterior ligament of, 

 425 ; external view of, ili. ; internal vitiw of, 

 ib. ; lateral ligaments of, ib. ; internal later- 

 al ligaments of, ib, ; posterior ligaments of, 



ib. ; strain of the, 533 ; synovial membrane 

 of, 426. 



Hoof, anatomy of the, 500 ; development of, 

 bj' secretion, 503 ; view of the, 502. 



Horse, action of the walk in the, 145 ; after 

 treatment of the foal of, 190 ; ancient 

 methods of using the, 5 ; Arab, food of the, 

 30 ; Arab, speed of the, ib. ; Arab, colours 

 of the, ib. ; advantages and disadvantages of 

 each plan of breeding, 167 ; American, fast- 

 est trotting on record, 43 ; apparatus for 

 breaking to harness, 212 ; average age of the, 

 16 ; malted barley and wheaten bread for 

 the, 258 ; beans and pease for the, 257 ; bran 

 mash for the, 259 ; bedding of, 271 ; best 

 age to breed from, 170; Burman, the, 24 ; 

 bit used for breaking, 204 ; blood most 

 suitable for breeding hunters, 179 ; bounding 

 on his hind-legs, the, 197 ; breaking of the 

 colt, 192; breaking to harness of the, 212; 

 breed of, in India, 36 ; remarks on the 

 buying of, 681 ; carrots for the, 260 ; cas- 

 tration of the foal, 191, 630; causes of a 

 " hit " in breeding, 168 ; chaff for the, 259 

 choice of sire and dam in breeding, 174 

 classification of the, 7; clipping the, 278 

 clothing, kind of, 246 ; prices of, 247 ; com- 

 parative stoutness of, 87 ; concluding 

 remarks on breeding, 181; corn for, 254; 

 daily exercise of the, 288 ; dental formula 

 of the, 7 ; distribution of weight in, 141 ; 

 dressing of the, 273 ; early history of, 1 ; 

 early maturity of the, 94 ; early treatment 

 of the foal, 189 ; English, imported into 

 America, a list of, 48 ; external form of, 

 as indicated by points, 8 ; feeding of farm, 

 270 ; feeding of harues^s, 269 ; first thing to 

 be done in breaking, 205 ; food of the, 251 ; 

 general characteristics of, 7 ; general history 

 of the English thoroughbred, 67 ; general 

 management of the brood mare, 186 ; grass 

 for the, 186 ; green food for soiling, 260 ; 

 grooming of, 273 ; gruel for the, 256 ; habits 

 of the, 7 ; halter used for breaking in, 203 — 



205 ; hay for the, 187 ; history of, 7 ; hemp- 

 seed for the, 259 ; hovel for brood mare, 

 182 ; importance of forming the mouth in, 



206 ; importance of health in breeding, 169 ; 

 importance of soundness in breeding, ib. ; 

 in-and-breeding, 165 ; increa.se of size in, 86 ; 

 increase of symmetry in, ib. ; influence of 

 the sire and dam in breeding, 171 ; jump- 

 ing, 157 ; leaping, ib. ; linseed for the, 259 

 locomotive action of, 141 ; management of 

 the feet in the, 385 ; maturity of the, 16 

 mental development of the, 17 ; methods of 

 restraint, 621 ; middle piece of the, 15 

 mixed breeds of cart, 139 ; mode of progrcs 

 sion in, 142 ; most profitable kind for breed' 

 iug purposes, 180 ; natural and acquired 

 paces of, 141 ; oats for the, 256 ; of 

 Abyssinia, the, 24 ; of Dongola, the, 21 ; of 

 the East, the, 19 ; of the Western Hemi- 

 splicre, the, 38 ; of Toorkistan, the, 35 ; 

 omnibus, on the management of, 257 ; on his 

 knees about to fall on his side, portrait of 

 the, 198; ordinary English method of 

 breaking for the saddle, 203 ; origin of the 

 thorouglibred, 70 ; other Asiatic, 35 ; out- 

 cross in bi-eeding, 166 ; i)aces of the manege, 

 157 ; pacing, 134 ; paddock for brood mare, 

 182; parsnips for the, 260; pease for the, 

 257 ; pedigrees of American trotting, 46 ; 



