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INDEX. 



Chyle, the, 280. 



Circulation, plan of the, 275. 



Clipping, 189. 



Clothes, tearing off the, 204; remedy 

 for, 205. 



Clubs, trotting, establishment of, 470. 



Clysters, mode of administering, 447 ; 

 action of, 456 , recipe for, 456. 



Coach-house, 174. 



Coat of the thorough-bred, 75. 



Coffin-joint, strains of the, 318. 



Cold, nature of, 327 ; treatment of, 327. 



Colic, nature of, 360 ; symptoms of, 

 360; flatulent, signs of, 361; from 

 stoppage, symptoms of, 361 ; signs 

 of spasmodic, 361; treatment of, 

 361; treatment of flatulent, 362; 

 treatment of impaction, 362; treat- 

 ment required after, 362; remedies 

 for, 452. 



Color, of the Arab horse, 37; of the 

 thorough-bred, 75. 



Colt, breaking of the, 128. 



Commander, by Messenger, influence 

 of upon trotting stock, 472. 



Conestoga draught-horse, the, 55; por- 

 trait of, 56. 



Confining the horse, methods of, 433. 



Congestion of the lungs, nature and 

 cause of, 339 ; symptoms of, 341 ; 

 treatment of, 342. 



Constitutional diseases, 417. 



Consumption (phthisis), symptoms of, 

 346 ; treatment of, 346. 



Contraction of the foot, 409; of the 

 heels, 430. 



Convulsions, symptoms of, 375 ; treat- 

 ment of, 376. 



Corbeau (trotter), character of as a 

 stallion, 480 ; pedigree of, 480. 



Cord, spinal, the source of power of 

 moving, 497. 



Corns, nature of, 397 ; treatment of, 397. 



Coronary frog-band, the, 293. 



Coronary substance, anatomy of the, 

 293. 



Corrosive sublimate, treatment of effects 

 of, 353. 



Cough, nature of chronic, 331 ; symp- 

 toms of chronic, 331 ; treatment of 

 chronic, 331. 



Counter-irritants, 454. 



Coup de soleil, treatment of, 382. 



Crab (imp.), 53. 



Cranston (trotter), by Mambrino Pilot, 

 484. 



Crib-biting, 202 ; bar-muzzle for, 203. 



Cruiser, 36, 128, 131 ; in the power of 

 his master, 133 ; with the leg-strap 

 and surcingle on, 132. 



Crust of the foot, anatomy of the, 292. 



Curb, nature of, 322 ; treatment of, 323. 



Cushion of the frog, 293. 



Cuts, stable management of simple, 

 222; contused, 222. 



Cutting, ordinary, 413 ; description of 

 speedy, 415 ; prevention of, 415 : 

 treatment of ordinary, 413 ; treat- 

 ment of speedy, 415. 



Cystitis, symptoms of, 372 ; treatment 

 of, 372. 



DAILY exercise, 200. 



Dart (trotter), 479. 



Deafness, 383. 



Depuration, its office in the animal 

 economy, 281. 



Detergents, 456; recipes for, 456. 



Dexter (trotter), performances of, 50, 

 504, 505 ; pedigree of, 473, 480-2, 513. 



Dgelfe, a breed of Arab horse, 33. 



Diabetes, symptoms of, 371 ; treatment 

 of, 371; remedies for, 453. 



Diaphragm, symptoms of spasm of, 

 348 ; treatment of spasm of, 348. 



Diarrhoea, nature of, 362 ; treatment of, 

 363; medicines for chronic, 450; clys- 

 ter for, 459 ; remedies for, 452, 456. 



Digestion, physiology of, 280. 



Diomed (imp.), 474, 492; influence 

 of upon trotting stock, 474. 



Dishing, in the trot, 88. 



Dislocation, nature of, 324 ; of the hip 

 joint, 324; of the patella, 324. 



Distemper, nature of, 328 ; treatment 

 of, 329 ; choking, 376, 418. 



Diuretics, action of, 457 ; recipes for, 

 457. 



Docking, operation for, 444. 



Dongola, the horses of, 32. 



Door for loose box, 161. 



Doors of stables, materials for, 161. 



Drainage of stables, 163. 



Draught-horse, the Conestoga, 55 ; por- 

 trait of, 56. 



