INDEX. 



A. 



Abscesses, 17 



Accidents cansed by spnrs, 19 



Common, and their treatment, 

 13 

 Accoutrements, importance of 



having good, 47 

 Action of finished horseman, 40 

 Of horseman with courage, but 



no discretion, 40 

 Of steeplechase jockey in 

 taking a jump, 44 

 Ailments, common, and their treat- 

 ment, 20 

 Of the feet, 29 

 Army remounts, suggestions as to 

 supplying, 63 



B. 



Back sinews, enlargement of, 17 

 Sinews, indications of strain- 

 ing of, 3 

 Sinews, strains of the, 16 



" Bad doers," 8 



Bandages, 9 



Beans, 7 



Bearing-reins, 32, 52 



Bit for '• bolters." 48 



Biting, 11 



Bits, best, 52 



"Bitting." 39 



Bladder, inflammation of the, 26 



Blowing over corn, 8 



Bolting, 36 



Steeplechase horse, a, 51 

 Bony enlargements of leg, search- 

 ing for, 3 

 Boot to prevent cutting, 1 4, 1 5 

 Bran-mashes, 7, 56 

 Breastplates, 46, 49 

 Breeding, 59 



Horses, objection urged 



against, 59 

 Small outlay required for, 59 

 Stock-in-trade needful for, 60 

 Bridle, lady's modern, 51 

 The lady's, 50 

 Without blinkers, 51 

 Broken knees, 13 



Wind, 23 

 Broken-winded horses, feeding, 57 

 Buck-jumping, 36 

 Buying, a few hints on, 1 



A horse, advantages of the 



newspaper press in, 2 

 A horse, diflBculty of, 1 

 A horse, necessary trial before, 



2 

 A horse, points to be sought 



when, 3 

 A horse, should veterinary 

 assistance be dispensed with 

 in, 2 



C. 



Carrot-mashes, 56 

 Carrots, 8 



