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INDEX. 



Catarrh. 20 



Chaff, 8 



Charlier shoe, advantages of, 10 

 Shoe, fixing, 10 



Chifney bit, the, 36 



Choosing sire of horse required for 

 light work, 64 



Chronic cough, 22 

 Rheumatism, 28 



Clipping, 9 



Clothing, 9 



Coat an indicator of how horses 

 have been fed, 54 



Cold, 20 



Colds, causes of, 20 



Collars, evils of ill-fitting, 52 



Collar, the, 52 



Colour non-essential when buying, 

 2 



Colours recommended for breeding 

 from, 64 



Colt, exercise for, 61 

 Food for, 61 



Importance of exercise ground 

 for, having unequal surface, 

 62 



Common accidents and their treat- 

 ment, 13 

 Ailments and their treatment, 

 20 



Congestion of the brain, 23 



Corn, cleansing, 55 



Corns, 30 



Costiveness, 25 



Cough, chronic, 22 



Courage and coolness, 38, 40 



Proportioned by the thermo- 

 meter, 40 



Cracked heels, 27 



Crib-biting, 11 



Curb and bridoon, short hunting, 

 48 



Cutting, 14 



Boot to prevent, 14, 15 

 Causes of, 14 

 Speedy, 15 



D. 



Diabetes, 26 

 Diarrhoea, 25 



Diet, varied, 56 



Difficulty in passing urine, 26 



Diseases, 20 



Dislocations, 17 



Docility necessary in a harness 



horse, 4 

 Drainage of stable, 7 

 Drive, how not to, 31 

 Driving a pair, 32 

 Single, 31 



E. 



Earliness on road, advantages of, 



34 

 Eating the litter, 11 

 Empty stomachs, preventing horses 



getting, 55 

 Examining the fore legs, 2 



The legs, 3 

 Exercise ground for colt, 61 



Fallacy of " breaking the neck " of 



a journey, 33 

 Falling, 18 

 Falls, 39 



When riding to hounds, 43 

 Feeding, 7, 54 



And treatment of horses ridden 

 to hounds, 46 



Importance of good, 54 



Times, 8 

 Feet, ailments of the, 29 



Evil effects of stopping the, 10 



Fever in ihe, 29 



Treatment of the, 9 



Washing the, 12 

 Fever in the feet, 29 

 Field, in the, 38 



Finished horseman, action of, 40 

 Firing, 17, 30 

 Foal, feeding, 60 



Treatment of bowels of, 60 

 Foaling, best months for, 60 



Veterinary assistance needed 

 for, 60 

 Foals, separating quarrelsome, 61 



