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INDEX. 



Rabies, nature and symptoms of, 377. 



Race-horse, croup of the, 65 ; back of 

 the 65 ; back ribs of the, 70 ; belly 

 of the 70 ; bone of the leg of the, 73 ; 

 coat of the, 75 ; color of the, 75 ; ex- 

 ternal formation of the, 61 ; flank of 

 the, 70 ; fore-arm, or arm of the, 73 ; 

 head of the, 71 j height of the, 75 ; 

 hind quarter or the, 74; knee of the, 

 73 ; loins of the, 65 ; mane of the, 

 76 ; neck cf the, 70 ; object of en- 

 couraging the breed of, 70 ; purity 

 of blood in the, 60 ; shoulder blade 

 of the, 72 ; tail of the, 76. 



Racing or hunting stable, ground plan 

 of, 175. 



Racking, 95. 



Racks for stables, 170; material for, 

 171. 



Radius, fracture of the, 310. 



Rarey's apparatus for breaking horses, 

 130; halter or bridle for colts, 142; 

 method of training, 128 ; reflections 

 on plans of, 137. 



Rearing, management of, 244. 



Red Jacket, influence of as a stallion, 

 474. 



Reduction of hernia, 445. 



Reins, management of, 233. 



Relationship of pacers to trotters, 480. 



Relative influence of sire and dam, 110, 

 486. 



Relative proportions of the fore-quar- 

 ters, 21 ; of the head, 19 ; of the 

 horse, 19 ; of the neck, 21. 



Respiration, eflFect of on atmospheric 

 air, 277 ; physiology of, 277. 



Retention of urine, treatment of, 373. 



Rheumatic inflammation, 311; peculiar 

 to foals, 313. 



Rheumatism, symptoms of acute, 311 ; 

 treatment of acute, 312; symptoms 

 of chronic, 312. 



Rhode Island (trotter), 504. 



Ribs, treatment of fractured, 310. 



Riding, 230 ; to hounds, 240 ; to hound-s, 

 rules adopted in, 240 ; to hounds, di- 

 rections for, 241 ; modes of starting 

 the horse in the various paces, 235 ; 

 mounting and dismounting, 230; 

 management of the reins in, 233 ; 

 necessity of good hands in, 238 ; the 

 seat in, 232; starting into a gallop, 



239; starting into a trot in, 236; 

 starting into a walk in, 235. 



Ring bone, 300 ; nature of, 300 ; symp- 

 toms of, 301 ; treatment of, 301 ; rem- 

 edy for, 455. 



Roanoke (pacer), 479. 



Roaring, nature and causes of, 335 ; 

 produced by alteration in the shape 

 of the cartilages, 337 ; produced by 

 thickening of the mucous membrane, 

 335; produced by paralysis of the 

 muscles of the larynx, 336; remarks 

 on, 335 ; plan for stopping the noise 

 made in, 335. 



Rolla Golddust (trotter), 479. 



Roman horse, the, 16. 



Romp (thorough-bred), 479. 



Round worms, 367. 



Rowels, 439. 



Roxana (thorough-bred, English), 31. 



Royal George, 475 ; pedigree of, 475. 



Running, the pace, 96. 



Running away, management of, 245. 



Rupture of the bowels, 364. 



Rysdyk's Hambletonian, pedigree of, 

 472, 473, 481, 507; closely inbred, 490. 



SABI, a breed of Arab horse, 33. 



Saddlery, care of, 227. 



Saladin (trotter), 481. 



Sallenders, symptoms of, 391 ; treat- 

 ment of, 391. 



Salt, as food, 180. 



Saltram (pacer), 480. 



Sand-crack, nature of, 399; treatment 

 of, 399. 



Sarcoma, Osteo, 308. 



Saunterer (an English thorough-bred), 

 64 ; portrait of, 64. 



Scapula, exostosis of, 305 ; fractures 

 of the, 310; strains of the, 310. 



Scratches (Grease), 394; nature and 

 treatment of, 395. 



Scratching the ear, management of 

 204. 



Screwdriver, (trotter), 471, 505. 



Scripture, the horse of, 13. 



Seat in riding, directions for, 232. 



Seclaoni, a breed of Arab horses, 33. 



Secretion, physiology of, 281; medi- 

 cines for defective, 449. 



Seedy toe, nature and treatment of, 408. 



