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INDEX. 



M. 



Maize, 8, 56 



Successfully used by the 

 London General Omnibus 

 Company, 8 



Management, stable, G 



Manger and fittings, 10 



Mares to breed from, 64 



Mare, treatment after weaning of, 

 61 



Markham's, Gervase, qnaint de- 

 scription of strangles, 21 



Martingale, 49 



Medicine chest, why not advisable 

 to keep, 30 



Megrims, 23 



Cause of, 23 



Milk of mare, stimulating the 

 supply of, 60 



Moss litter, 57 



Mouth, feel of the, 2 



N. 



Night-time best for horses to 

 travel, 34 



O. 



Oatmeal, 56 

 Oats, 7 



Evils caused by dusty, 55 

 Oblique pastern, importance of, in 



horse for saddle work, 4 

 Old Hills riding to hounds, 37 

 Overfed horse, treatment of an, 57 

 Over-reach, 17 



Pair, driving a, 32 



Patience and kindness essential 



when training to jump, 43 

 Paving the stable, 10 

 Pelhams, 48 



Perseverance v. speed, 42 

 Plain flap saddles v. knee rolls, 47 

 Snaffle, the, 48 



Practice with hounds. 43 

 Prejudices of stablemen, 6 

 Profuse staling, 26 



Quittor, 19 



E. 



Rack, advantages of a low, 10 



Rearing, 35 



Regularity in feeding, importance 



of, 55 

 Reins, holding, 32 



The, 52, 53 

 Rheumatism, chronic, 28 

 Riding to hounds, 43 



To hounds, advice as to, 43 



To hounds, falls when, 43 

 Rings on the reins, 49 

 Road, on the, 31 



Vices on the, 3 1 

 Roarers, feeding, 57 

 Roaring, 23 



Roguery, horse-dealing a tempta- 

 tion to, 1 

 Running up to the bit, 32 



S. 



Saddle, choosing a, 47 



Kicking in, 36 

 Saddle-cloths, 47 

 Saddlery and harness, 47 

 Saddles, ladies', 50 

 Safety stirrup irons, 50 

 Sand crack, 30 

 Seat required for crossing country 



38 

 Selection of a stallion, 63 

 Shoes, 10 



Shoe, the Charlier, 10 

 Short-hunting curb and bridoon, 



48 

 Shoulder, 4 



Strains of the, 1 5 

 Shying, 35 



Cause of, 35 

 Singeing, 9 



