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INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Ass, Nubian wild, 252, 330, 420, 651-654, 

 Figs. 402 and 614. 

 ,, , Somaliland wild, 330, 420, 654, Fig. 



615. 

 ,, , Syrian wild, 420, 656. 

 Asses, 207, 412-420,615, 651-657. 



,, and hor.ses, differences between, 



412. 

 ,, ,, zebras, ,, ,, 



418. 

 ,, , classification of, 419. 

 Astragalus, 37, 42. 

 Athole garrons, 460. 

 Attention, standing at, 79. 

 Attitudes of horse, 79, 

 Australasian horses, 181, 431, 470-484. 



good jumpers, 473. 

 Australia, 299, 350, 410, 577. 

 Australian, 577. 

 Australian horses, 136, 292, 470-484. 



,, ,, , deterioration of,478-482. 



,, racehorses, ages of, 484. 



Austrian horses, 526-530. 



BABKEE, 555. 

 Back, 17, 248. 



,, , muscles of, 42. 

 Back-sinews, see "Back-tendons." 

 Back-tendons, 16, 41, 44, 46. 

 Baghdad i Arabs, 601. 

 Bagual, the, 597. 

 Ballet-dancer, 349. 

 Baluchi horses, 182, 209, 630. 

 Bandicoot, Australian, 320. 

 Barbs, 423, 626-628. 

 Barcaldine, 29. 

 Bars of the hoof, 17. 



,, ,, mouth, 13, 92. 

 Barss, 542. 

 Bashaw, 573, 574. 

 Basic slag, 410. 



Basuto ponies, 182, 495. ^ 



Battak ponies, 397, 632. 

 Bay colour, 324, 325, 326, 332, 334, 446. 

 Bayadere, 504. 

 Bearing rein, 88, 91. 

 Beauty, 358. 



Beetewk horses, 402, 548. 

 Behring .Slrail, 692. 

 Belgian horses, 522. 

 Belgrave, Fig. 427. 

 Belladrum, 492. 

 I'.elle dc Jour, JMg. 51 1. 



Bellfounder, 569, 590. 



Belly, 18. 



Bendigo, 29, 80, l"'igs, 50 and 51. 



Bending, Figs. 193 and 194. 



]?engal studs, 398. 



Biceps, 28. 



" P,ig Mead," 194. 



Bill of Portland, 476. 



Bingen, 583, Fig. 570. 



Birds, breast bones of, 8. 



Bison, 411. 



Bit, severe, 158. 



Black Buck, 4, 143, 174, 316, 700, Fig. i. 



,, horse, 438. 



,, colour, 324, 326, 332, 336, 338, 



339, 446. 

 Blackberry, Fig. 580. ' 

 Blair Athol, 332. 

 " Blaze," 340. 

 Blitz, 176, 624, Fig. 593. 

 Blue grass, 407. 

 Blood, 46, 366, 431. 



,, in jumping, 162. 



" lilowing his nose," 357. 

 Blue Bulls, 574. 

 Boat, .see "Oar." 

 Bob, 176. 

 Body, comparative weight of, 186. 



,, , ,, depth of, 227. 



,, to be short, 227. 

 Bois-Roussel, 504. 

 Bokhara ponies, 612. 

 Bone, 24-26, 408. 

 Bones, 22-27, 35-38. 



,, of limbs, comparative length of, 

 186-190. 

 Bonnie Doo, 176. 



,, Scotland, 577. 

 ]5ookaretz. Fig. 546. 

 Booliah ponies, 182. 

 Boots, 295, 588. 

 Bosnian ponies, 530. 

 Boston, pony, 578. 

 Boulonnais horse, 402, 410, 498. 

 Boxing, 33, 202. 

 Brachycephalic, 424. 

 Brain, 47, 48. 



,, of horse, 49. 



,, , size of, 198. 

 Bravo, 471, Fig. 486. 

 Breast, 14, 243. 



Breathing as a sign of condition, 356. 

 ,, , forced, 51. 



