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INDEX. 



foot, view of, injected, 294; of the 



frog and sole, view of, injected, 295. 

 Asiatic horses, the, 42. 

 Astringents, action of, 453 ; recipes for 



453. 



Atavism, principles of, 486. 

 Atmospheric air, changes produced in 



by respiration, 277. 

 Attitude assumed in standing, 78. 

 Australian horse, the, 44. 

 Average age, 28. 



BACK and loins, symptoms of strains 

 in, 316 ; treatment of strain in, 317. 



Back-raking, mode of performing, 447. 



Back-sinews, strain of the, 319 , symp- 

 toms of, 319 ; treatment of, 320. 



Bail, the, hanging, 168; gangway, 170. 



Balanitis, symptoms of, 373 ; treatment 

 of, 374. 



Bandages, use and application of, 196. 



Barb, the, 30. 



Barbs, treatment of, 352. 



Barnacles, 435. 



Bashaw (Grand) imported Arabian stal- 

 lion, influence of upon trotting stock, 

 474. 



Bashaw (Green's), as a stallion, 482; 

 pedigree of, 482, 509. 



Bashaw (Young), 474; as a stallion, 

 481. 



Bath, the Turkish, 213; ground plan 

 of, 214. 



Baucher's method of horse-breaking, 

 145. 



Bay Chief, by Mambrino Chief, 483. 



Bellfounder (imp.), description of, 473; 

 history of, 473; influence of upon 

 trotting stock, 473 ; reputation as a 

 stallion, 473. 



Bellringer, by Mambrino Pilot, 484. 



Bengal, the horses of, 43. 



Berenger, his description of the Barb, 

 30. 



Big-head, nature and symptoms of, 308. 



Billy Boyce (pacer), 479 ; pedigree of, 

 480, 523 ; performances of, 504. 



Birmah, the horses of, 44. 



Bishoping, 264. 



Bit used for horse-breaking, 143. 



Bites of insects, treatment of, 392. 



Biting, remedy for the vice, 206. 



Black Hawk (Hill's, also called Ver- 

 mont), 49, 476, 477; influence upon 

 trotting stock, 476 ; as a stallion, 

 477. 

 Black Hawk (Long Island), 481; as a 



stallion, 482. 



Blacking, recipes for harness, 230. 

 Bladder, anatomy of the, 284; calculi 

 in, 373 ; diseases of, 372 ; inflamma- 

 tion of, 372. 



Bleeding, 435 ; instruments used in, 

 436 ; quantity of blood taken in, 437 ; 

 inflammation of the vein, when per- 

 formed, 437. 

 Blindness, caused by various diseases, 



385. 



Blink Bonny (an English thorough- 

 bred), external formation of, 62. 

 Blistering, 440. 



Blisters, action of, 454; recipes for, 454. 



Blood, the, 273 ; circulation of the, 274 ; 



purity of in the thorough-bred, 60 ; 



spavin, (see Bog Spavin). 



Blood-vessels of the chest and nose, 



diseases of the, 349. 

 Bog spavin, nature of, 313 ; symptoms 



of, 313 ; treatment of, 313. 



Bone, diseases of, 297 ; office of, 249 ; 



structure of, 248; fracture of the 



canna, 310; strain of the round, 322. 



Bone-spavin, nature of, 302 ; symptoms 



of, 303; treatment of, 303. 

 Bones, number of, composing the skele- 

 ton, 252. 



Bornou, the horses of, 32. 

 Boston, pedigree of, 103 ; stoutness of, 



53. 



Boston Blue (trotter), 470, 504. 

 Bots, 355 ; group of, attached to the 



stomach, 356. 



Bowels, calculi in the, 365 ; nature of 

 inflammation of the, 357 ; symptoms 

 of inflammation of the, 359; treat- 

 ment of inflammation of the, 359. 

 Break, or trevis, the, 435. 

 Breaking, Rarey's principles and prac- 

 tice, 128 ; Rarey's apparatus, 130 ; 

 for the saddle, ordinary method, 141 ; 

 Baucher's method, 145; superiority 

 of the ordinary method, 151 ; to har- 

 ness, 151. 



Breaking down, 321; symptoms of, 

 321 ; treatment of, 321. 



