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Sledj'es. where more advantag-eous than 



wheels, 426 



Sledges, where very disadvantageous, 426 

 Sledges, calculation of the power of, 427 

 Sledges, their advantage in travelling 



over ice and snow, 427 



Sledges, Esquimaux, account of the, 427 



Slipping the collar, remedy for, 344 



Smell, the sense and seat of, 118 



Smell, very acute in the horse, 118 



Soap, its use in veterinary practice, 400 



Soda, chloride of, its use in ulcers, 400 



Sole, horny, description of the, 285 



Sole, horny, descent of the, 285 



Sole, horny, proper form of the, 285 



Sole, horny, management of, in shoeing, 286 

 Sole, the sensible, 287 



Soles, felt or leather, use of, 319 



Solomon, imported horses from Egypt, 4 

 Sound, theory of, 78, 81 



Soundness, consists in there bein|f lo 

 disease nor alteration of strufture 

 that does or is likely to impair the 

 usefulness of the horse 361 



Soundness, with reference to the pnnci 



pal causes of unsoundness, 361 



South American horse described, 5, 8 



South American horse, management of, 6 

 South American horse, harnessing the, 422 

 Spanish horse, description of the, 20 



Spanish horse, introduced into England, 25 

 Spasmodic colic, nature and treatment of, 206 

 Spavin, blood, treatment of, 179, 263 



Spavin, blood, is unsoundness, 365 



Spavin, bog, cause, nature, and treat- 

 ment of, 179, 269 

 Spavin-bone, 269 

 Spavin-bone, why not always accompa- 

 nied by lameness, 270 

 Spavin-bone, is unsoundness, 365 

 Spavined horses, the kind of work they 



are capable of, 271 



Speed of the horse, producing rapid di- 

 minution of power, 417 

 Speed, and lime of labour the most ad- 



vantaiTcous proportion of, 424 



Speed, sacrifice of the horse in endeav- 

 ouring to obtain, 425 

 Speedy-cut, account of, 245 

 Sphenoid-bone, description of the, 74 

 Spinalis dorsi muscle, description of the, 168 

 Spine, description of the, 163 

 Spleen, description of the, 214 

 Splenius muscle described, 119, 154, 234 

 Splent-bones, description of the, 243 

 Splint, nature and treatment of, 243, 244 

 Splint, is unsoundness, 365 

 Sprain of the back sinews, treatment of, 246 

 Sprain of the back sinews, sometimes 



requires firing, 247 



Strain of the back sinews, any thickening 



remaining after, is unsoundness, 365 

 Spring steel-yard, the force of traction 



illustrated by, 405 



Springs to carriages, theory of, 446, 447, 449 

 Springs, with modifications, adapted to 



the heaviest waggons, 447 



Springs, advantageous in rapid travel, 447 



[Springs, grasshopper, description of the, 447 

 I Springs, C, disadvantages of, 445, 447 



I Stables, hot and foul, highly injtirious, 346 

 I Stables, dark, occasional cause of in- 

 ! flainmation of the eye, 115 



Stables, hot and foul, frequent cause ol 



inflammation of the eye, 115 



Stables, hot and foul, cause inflamma- 

 tion of the lungs, 345 

 Stables, hot and foul, produce glandera, 125 

 Stables, should be large, compared with 



the number of horses, 346 



Stables, management of, too much neg- 

 lected by owners of horses, 347 

 Stables, ceiling of, should be plastered, 



if there is a loft above, 347 



Stables, should be so contrived that the 



urine will run off, 348 



Stables, the stalls in, should not have 



too much declivity, 349 



Stables should be sufficiently light, yet 



without any glaring colour, 349 



Stables, importance of cleanliness and 



coolness in, 115,125,183 



Stables, infection of, removed by the 



chloride of lime, 395 



Staggers, stomach, symptoms, cause, 



and treatment of, 103 



Staggers, stomach, generally fatal, 103 



Staggers, stomach, producing blindness, 104 

 Staggers, stomach, often epidemic, 104 



Staggers, mad, symptoms and treatment, 105 

 Staling, profuse, cause and treatment of, 217 

 Stallion, description of the proper, for 



breeding, 221 



Stamford, races first established at, 27 



Stanhopes, advantage of construction of, 445 

 Starch, useful in superpurgation, 400 



|Stargazer, the, 156 



Steam-engine, compared with the exer- 

 tion of animal power on railways, 405 

 Steam-engine, compared with animal 



power on common roads, 407 



Steam, calculation of the expense of, 407 

 Steam, small, little advantage in expense 



over horse-power, 408 



Steeple-hunt, described and censured, 57 

 Stifle, description of the, 262 



Stifle, accidents and diseases of the, 265 

 Sterno maxillaris muscle, description of 



the, 119,156,234 



Sternum, or breast-bone, described, 169 



Stirrups, not used in South America, 7 



Stomach, description of the, 193 



Stomach, very small in the horse, 190 



Stomach, inflammation of the, 200 



Stomach-pump, recommended, 103 



Sfcne in the bladder, symptoms and 



treatment of, 218 



Stone in the kidney, 218 



Stoppings, the best compositions cf, and 



their great use, 400 



Straddlers, wheels so called, described, 440 

 Straddlers, objection to, 440 



Straddlers, curious method of evading 



the law concerning, 441 



Strain, uniform and constant in draught, 



bad consequences of, 417 



Strangles, symptoms and treatment oi, 149 



