INDEX. 



71 



Single, driving, 31 

 Slipping the head collar, 12 

 Speed V. perseverance, 42 

 Speedy cutting, 15 

 Splints, 28 



Searching for, 3 

 Spurs, accidents caused by, 19 

 Stable, drainage of, 7 



Management, 6 



Paving the, 10 



Temperature of, 7 



Tricks, 11 



Ventilation of, 7 

 Stablemen, prejudices of, 6 

 Stabling, importance of good, 6 



Often, importance of, 55 

 Staggers, 24 



Prevention of, 24 

 Staling, profuse, 20 

 Stall, dimensions of, 10 



Kicking the, 12 

 Stallion, selection of a, 63 

 Stalls V. loose boxes, 7 

 Staying the stomachs of horses 



ridden to hounds, 46 

 Stifle joint, strains of the, 16 

 Stirrup-irons, safety, 50 

 Stopping the feet, evil effects 



of, 10 

 •' Straight " riding, 37 

 Straining of back sinews, indica- 

 tions of, 3 

 Strains, 15 



Of the back sinew, 16 



Symptoms of, 15 

 Strangles, 21 



Gervase Markham's quaint 

 description of, 21 

 Suggestions as to supplying Army 



remounts, 63 

 Swelled legs, 29 



T. 



Tail, lice in the, 28 



Temperature of stable, 7 



Thorns, removal of, from hunters, 



18 

 Throwing up the right hand in 



air when leaping, 44 



Thrush, 29 



Tight throat-lashes and curb 



chains, discomfort of, 52 

 Timber jumper, an expedient for 



making a, 45 " 

 Traces, 51 

 Training horses to jump, 42 



Young horses as hunters, 



unique system of, 62 

 Treatment of an overfed horse 



57 

 Of the feet, 9 

 Tricks, stable, 11 

 Trying an intended purchase in 



jumping, 4 

 Horse for harness purposes, 4 



U. 



Unsatisfactory feeders, 8, 54 

 Urinary organs, diseases of the, 



26 

 Urine, difficulty in passing, 26 



V. 



Vacillation when riding, "Whyte 



Melville on, 41 

 Ventilation of stable, 7 

 Veterinary assistance in buying a 



horse, 2 

 Vices on the road, 34 



W. 



Warm drinks, 56 

 Washiness, 27 



Washing horse's legs after a 

 journey, 10 

 Out mouth when on journey, 



33 

 The feet, 12 

 Water, 8, 56 



Mistake in stinting supply of 



8 

 Temperature of, 9 

 Weaning, 60 



Time for, 61 



