CONTENTS Vll 



CHAP. PACK 



XIV. OF STABLING, EXERCISE, CLOTHING, Etc. . . .328 



The Stable Management of the Feet Light Exercise 

 Grooming Clothing. 



XV. VICES AND DANGEROUS HABITS OF THE HORSE . . 34 



Restiveness Rearing Backing, or Gibbing Kicking Biting 

 Seizing the Cheek of the Bit Running AwayShying 

 Restiveness, and Resisting being Mounted Vicious while 

 Cleaning Restiveness while Shoeing Crib-Biting Wind- 

 Sucking Not lying down Slipping the Collar Pawing 

 Rolling Weaving Tripping. 



XVI. OF SHOEING ... ... 361 



Preparation of the Foot for Shoeing The Putting On of the 

 Shoe The Concave-seated Shoe The Seated Shoe The 

 Expanding Shoe The Hunting Shoe The Racing Shoe 

 The Bar Shoe Clips The Hinder Shoe Tips Patent 

 Safety Shoe Water and Poultice Boots ; Water-BootFelt, 

 or Leather Soles. 



XVII. How TO BUY A HORSE ...... 376 



XVIII. GENERAL HISTORY OF THE HORSE, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF 



DIFFERENT BREEDS . . . . .388 



Section I., Of British Horses : The English Race-Horse The 

 Hunter The Hackney, or Roadster The Charger The 

 Coach-Horse The Cleveland Bays The Draught-Horse 

 The Suffolk Punch-Horse. Section II., Of Asiatic Horses: 

 The Arabian The Persian Horse The Tartar Horse The 

 Toorkoman Horse The Turkish Horse. Section III., Of 

 African Horses: The Barb The Egyptian Horse The 

 Nubian and Dongola Horses. Section IV., American 

 Horses. 



XIX. THE Ass AND MULE ...... 416 



SECTION II 



DISEASES OF CATTLE 



INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . .421 



I. DISEASES OF THE HEAD AND NECK OF NEAT CATTLE . 426 



Inflammation of the Brain Choking Locked-Jaw Sore 

 Throat Snores. 



II. DISEASES OF THE CHEST . . . . . .432 



Inflammation of the Lungs (Pneumonia) Contagious Pleuro- 

 Pneumonia Inflammation of the Stomach Inflammation of 

 the Liver Fog-Sickness, or Hoven Catarrh, or Cold 

 Cough Hoose, or Husk Stomach, or Grass Staggers 

 Jaundice, or Yellows. 



III. DISEASES OF THE ABDOMEN ..... 449 



Inflammation of the Bowels Inflammation of the Kidneys 

 Inflammation of the Bladder Inflammation of the Womb- 

 Red Water Gripes Diarrhoea, or Looseness Dysentery 

 Fardel-Bound, or Excessive Costiveness Mortification. 



