INDEX. 



527 



Breathing, essence of, 277 ; physiology 

 of, 277. 



Breed of race-horses, object of encour- 

 aging the, 58. 



Breeding, atavism, or breeding back, 

 486 ; best age for, 109 ; causes of a 

 hit in, 106 ; choice of sire and dam 

 in, 113, 486; condition of parent at 

 time of conception, 499 ; in-and-in, 

 103, 490 j importance of health and 

 soundness in, 107, 486; influence of 

 the sire and dam respectively, 110, 

 486; out crossing, 104; principles 

 of, 99, 487 et seq. ; kind of horse most 

 profitable for, 116 ; theory of genera- 

 tion, 99, 494. 



Breeding-back, 486. 



Bright Phoebus (thorough-bred), 472. 



Brignoli (trotter), by Mambrino Chief, 

 484. 



British horse, the original, 17. 



Broken knee, treatment of, 324. 



Broken wind, nature of, 346; symptoms 

 of, 346 ; treatment of, 347. 



Bronchitis, nature of, 329 ; symptoms 

 of, 329 ; treatment of, 330 ; treatment 

 of chronic, 330. 



Brood mare, the, 117 ; after treatment 

 of the foal, 127; early treatment of 

 the foal, 125 ; general management 

 of, 122 ; hovel for, 119 ; paddock for, 

 118; time of sending to the horse, 

 123; treatment of the, when in foal, 

 123 ; treatment of the, after foaling, 

 125 ; weaning of the foal, 127. 



Bruce, his description of the horse of 

 Dongola, 32. 



Brunette (trotter), 476, 505. 



Bruno (trotter), 476. 



Buck eye, nature of, 387. 



Burden's horse shoe manufactory, de- 

 scription of, 430. 



Bursae mucosse, anatomy of, 271; in- 

 flammation in, 314. 



Butterfly (English thorough-bred), 61. 



CALCULI, in the bowels, nature of, 365; 

 urinary, 373 ; symptoms of urinary, 

 373 ; treatment of urinary, 373. 



Canadian horse, the, 47, 475, 476 ; por- 

 trait of, 47; influence of upon trot- 

 ting stock, 476. 



Canker, nature of, 403 ; treatment of, 



403. 



Canna bone, fractures of, 310. 

 Cannucks (see Canadian horse), 475. 

 Canter, the, 89 ; mode of starting into 



a, 238. 

 Capped elbow, treatment of, 316 ; hock, 



cause of, 315 ; treatment of, 315. 

 Capulet (see Capped Elbow). 

 Carbolic acid, description of, 450. 

 Caries, nature of, 298; of the jaw, 



symptoms of, 307; treatment of, 308. 

 Cart-horse, the Vermont, 55. 

 Cartilage, 266 ; diseases of, 312 ; struc- 

 ture and composition of, 267 ; ulcera- 



tion of, 312. 

 Cartilages, ossification of the lateral, 



301; symptoms of, 301; treatment 



of, 302. 

 Cassius M. Clay (trotter), reputation 



of as a stallion, 481, 482. 

 Casting, method of, 432 ; for operations 



upon the fore leg, 434; for castra- 

 tion, 434. 

 Castration, 441 ; method of casting for, 



434; operation for, 441. 

 Cataract, nature and causes of, 386. 

 Catarrh, nature of, 327; treatment of, 



327. 



Catchpit, section of, 163. 

 Caustics, action of, 455 ; recipes for, 455. 

 Cauteries (see Caustics). 

 Cayuga Chief, (trotter), 479. 

 Cerebro-spinal meningitis, nature of, 



328, 376, 418; symptoms of, 418; 



treatment of, 419. 

 Chaban, an Arabian stallion, portrait 



of, 35. 

 Chanticleer (English thorough-bred), 



75. 

 Chapped Heels, symptoms of, 394; 



treatment of, 394. 

 Chest, diseases of ihe blood-vessels of, 



349 ; water on the, 345. 

 Choking, distemper (see Cerebro-spinal 



meningitis). 



Chillaby, an Arab horse, 36. 

 China, the horse of, 44, 

 Chloroform, apparatus for administer- 

 ing, 432; mode of administration, 



432. 

 Chronic cough, 331 ; symptoms of, 331 j 



treatment, 331. 



