INDEX. 613 
155; corm for, 223; daily exercise 
of the, 255; dental formula of the 
5; distribution of weight in. 119; 
dressing of the, 242; early history 
of, 1; early maturity of the, 79; 
early treatment of the foal, 162; 
English imported into America, a list 
of, 37; external form of, as indicated 
by points, 6; feeding of, farm, 239 ; 
feeding of, harness, 75.; first thing to 
be done in breaking, 177 ; food of the, 
220; general characteristics of, 5; 
general history of the English 
thoroughbred, 53; general manage- 
ment of the brood mare, 159; grass 
for the, 220; green food for soiling, 
230; grooming of, 242; gruel for 
the, 225; habits of the, 5; halter 
used for breaking in, 175; hay for 
the, 221; history of, 5; hemp-seed 
for the, 229; hovel for brood mare, 
156; importance of forming the 
mouth in, 178; importance of health 
in breeding, 144; importance of 
soundness in breeding, ib. ; in-and- 
in breeding, 140; increase of size in, 
72; increase of symmetry in, 7b. ; 
influence of the sire and dam in 
breeding, 146; jumping, 135: leap- 
ing, ib.; linseed for the, 229; loco- 
motive action of, 119; management 
of the feet in the, 253; maturity of 
the, 13; mental development of the, 
14; methods of confining, 571; 
middle piece of the, 10; mixed 
breeds of cart, 118 ; mode of progres- 
sion in, 120 ; most profitable kind for 
breeding purposes, 154; natural and 
acquired paces of, 119; oats for the, 
223; of Abyssinia, the, 17; of 
Dongola, the, 7b.; of the East, the, 
15; of the Western Hemisphere, the, 
27; of Toorkistan, the, 25; omnibus, 
report on the management of, in New 
York, 227; on his knees about to 
fall on his side, portrait of the, 170; 
ordinary English method of breaking 
for the saddle, 175; origin of the 
thoroughbred, 56; other African, 
17; other Asiatic, 25; out-cross in 
breeding, 141; paces of the manége, 
135; pacing, 134 ; paddock for brood 
mare, 156; parsnips for the, 229 ; peas 
for the, 225; pedigrees of American 
trotting, 34; periodical moulting of 
the, 14; principles of breeding, 137 ; 
proportions of the various points of 
the, 12; pure Arab, the, 9; purchase 
of the, 601 ; racking, 134; Rarey’s ap- 
paratus for breaking, 166; Rarey’s 
method of training, 164; rate of 
walking in the, 126; relative pro- 
portions of the, 7; roots for the, 
229; running, 134; salt for the, 233; 
selection of blood in each class in 
breeding, 150; selling of, 601; shav- 
ing the, 250; singeing, 249; small 
stomach of the, 15; stable clothing 
for, 216; stoutness of, 17, 59, 70; 
stoutness of the American thorough- 
bred, 42; superiority of the ordinary 
method of breaking, 182; sweatera 
for the, 217; synonyms of the, 5; 
the agricultural, 112; the Arab of 
antiquity, 3; the American thorough- 
bred, 36; the Austrian, 45: the Aus- 
tralian, 26; the British original, 4; 
the brood mare, 156; the brougham, 
109; the cab, 2b.; the carriage, ib. ; 
the Canadian, 28; the charger, 100; 
the Cleveland, 118; the Clydesdale, 
117 ; the cob, 95, 107; the Conestoga, 
43; the covert hack, 101; the Darley 
Arabian, 57 ; the Egyptian, 4, 16 ; the 
English thoroughbred, 53; the Eng- 
lish thoroughbred of 1750, 55; the 
Exmoor pony, 108; the European 
continental, 44: the fast trotter, 111; 
the Flemish, 51; the foal of, 156; 
the French, 45; the Galloway, 107; 
the German, 45; the gigster, 111; 
the Godolphin Arabian, 15, 57; the 
Greek, 2; the half-bred, 95; the 
Hanoverian, 52; the heavy machiner, 
111; the Highland pony, 108; the 
Hungarian, 45; the Irish hunter, 99 ; 
the Italian, 44; the ladies’, 106; the 
Libyan, 4; the Lincolnshire dvay. 
115; the modern thoroughbred, 71; 
the Moorish, 4; the Morgan, 29; 
the New Forest pony, 108; the Nor- 
folk trotter, 129; the Norwegian, 53; 
the Numidian, 4; the, of Scripture, 
1; the old English black cart, 112; 
the park hack, 104; the Persian, 24 ; 
the phaeton, 111; the Portuguese, 
44; the Prussian, 45; the road hack, 
102; the Roman, 3; the Russian, 
52; the Shetland pony, 108; the 
South American, 27; the Spanish, 
44; the Suffolk cart, 114; the 
Swedish, 53; the Tartar, 25; the 
trooper, 100; the Turkish, 25; the 
Vermont, 42; the Welsh pony, 107 ; 
tamed, portrait of the, 172 ; theory 
of generation of, 137; thoroughbred, 
essentials in the, 82; time of sending 
brood mare to the, 160; times made 
by, in the middle of the last century, 
75; times of the best American, 
made in America and England, 76; 
times of best modern English, 7b. ; 
treatment of the brood mare when in 
foal, 160; treatment of brood mare 
after foaling, 161; trimming the, 
250; variation in length of stride in 
the, 134; water for the, 220, 233; 
weaning of the foal, 163; wheat for 
the, 228; wild, of America, Mr. Her- 
bert’s account of the, 28; wild Tar- 
tar, 25; use and application of ban- 
dages for the, 252. 
Horsemanship, M. Baucher’s methiod of, 
182, 
