460 



INDEX. 



mar.. 

 Grease, cause of, 278 



•jlrease, farmei t, horse not so subject to, 277 

 Grease, generally a mere local complaint, 277 

 Greece, domestication of the horse in, 3 



Greece, horse introduced in, from Egypt, 4 

 Grey horses, an account of the different 



snades of, 375 



Grinders, construction of the, 139 



Grinding of the food, accomplished by 



the mechanism of the joint of the 



lower jaw, 136 



Grogginess, account of, 252 



Grooming, as important as exercise to 



the horse, 350 



Grooming, opens the pores of the skin, 



and gives a fine coat, 350 



Grooming, directions for, 3501 



Grunter, description of the, 96] 



Grunter, the, is unsound, 362 



Guinea coast, the horse of the, 10' 



Gullet, description of the, 162 



Gullet, foreign bodies in the, 162 



Gutta serena, nature and treatment of, 116 



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Habits, vicious or dangerous, 330 



Hackney, description of the, 30, 33 



Hackney, proper action of the, 30 



Hair, account of the, 372 



Hair, question of culling, from the heels, 279 

 Hall, Bishop, on breeding, 34 



Hamilton, the Duke of, the Clydesdale 



horses owe their origin to, 40 



Harnessing, the best mode of, as regards 



draught, 417 



Harnessing, method of, in the time of 



Homer, 421 



Haunch, description of the, 256 



, Haunch, advantage of wide, 257 



Haunch, injuries of the, 257 



, Haunch-joint, singular strength of the, 257 



Haunch and thigh bones, advantage of 



the oblique direction of, 257 



Haw, curious mechanism of the, 87 



Haw, diseases of the, 113 



, Haw, absurdity and cruelty of destroy- 

 ing the, 88 

 , Hay, considered as food, 357 

 Hay, mowburnt, injurious, 357 

 Hay, old, preferable to new, 357 

 Head, anatomy of the, 66 

 Head, reason of the numerous bones 



composing the, 67 



Head, cut of the bones of the, 67 



. Head, section of the, 68 



. Head, importance of proper setting on 



of the, 51, 155 



. Head, its shape, indicating the breed, 67 



Head, beautiful provision for its support, 72 



! Head, Captain, his account of the South 



American horse, 5 



I Hearing of the horse very acute, 77 



( Heavy black horses, account of, 42 



• ; Heavy black horses, their preparation for 



their work, 40 



'Heart, description of the, 171 



iHeart, its action described, 172 



iHeart, inflammation of the, 172 



Heart, dropsy of the, 171 



Heber's, Bishop, account of the Arabian, 1'^ 

 Heels, question of cutting the hair from, 379 

 Heels, low, disadvantage of, 280 



Heels, proper paring of, for shoeing, 314 

 Heels, washing the, produces grease, 279 

 Hellebore, white, used in inflammation 



of the lungs and fevers, 393 



Helmsley Arabian, account of the, 28 



Hemlock, sometimes poisonous 200 



Hemlock, in inflainiiiation of llie chest, 393 

 Henry VIII., tyrannical regulations con- 

 cerning the horse by, 26 

 Henry VIII., the breed of the horse not 



materially improved by, 27 



Hereditary diseases, on, 35, 115, 220 



Hernia, nature and treatment of, 212 



Hide-bound, nature and treatment of, 371 

 Highblower, description of the, 196 



Higliblowcr, the, is unsound, 362 



Higliland poney, description of the, 59 



Hind-legs, description of the, 256 



Hind-leg-s, arteries, veins, and nerves of, 265 

 Hind-wheels, should follow the precise 



track of the fore ones, 440 



Hip-joint, great strength of the, 257 



Hips, ragged, what, 256 



Hissar, the East India Company's sale 



of horses at, 13 



Hobbles, description of the best, 320 



Hock, advantage of its numerous sepa- 

 rate bones and ligaments, 270 

 Hock, capped, 255, 273 

 Hock, cow, 274 

 Hock, description of the, 256 

 Hock, enlargement of the, nature of, and 



how affecting soundness, 257, 363 



Hock, inflammation of the small bones 



of the, frequent cause of lameness, 272 

 Hock, the principal seat of lameness be- 

 hind the, 267 

 Hock, point of the, advantage of length 



in the, 272 



Homer, method of harnessing horses in 



the time of, 421 



Hoof, cut of the, 233 



Hoof, description of the, 281 



Horizontal direction of the traces, when 



proper, 424 



Horn of the crust, secreted principally 



by the coronary ligaiiient, 281 



Horn of the crust, once separated from 

 the sensible part within, will never 

 again unite, 304 



Horse, the American, description of, 21 



" " Arabian, description of, 11 



" " not the native of Arabia, 4 



" " English, under Athelstan, 22 



" " Barb, description of, 9 



" " Bournou, description of, 9 



" " cavalry, 42 



" " and chariot races formed part 



of the Olympic games, 3 



" " annual expense of, 406 



" " Chinese, description of, 16 



" " Circassian, description of, 17 

 " " was trained to draught before 



he was mounted, 3 



