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INDEX. 



Barefooted horses, 313, 314. 



Baronet, 33. 



Bassett, Harry, 39. 



Battel!, Mr. J., 121 



Bay, 80. 



Bay Fearnaught, 127. 



Beaufort, Duke of, 203. 



Beautiful Bay, 40 



Bedding, 131, 242, 288, 289, 293, 



294. 

 Beer. 210. 



Belle of Wabash, 40. 

 Bellfounder, 24, 26, 27. 

 Belmont, 29. 

 Benton, Gen.. 83. 

 Beverages for horses, 2j0. 

 Billy Duroc, 34 

 Blackhawk, Vermont, 30, 44. 

 Black Joker, 142. 

 Blacksmith, 131, 287, 313, 316. 

 Blanketing, 299, 307, 317-319, 321. 

 Blinders, 131. 

 Bloody Buttocks, 41. 

 Blue Bull. Merring's, 47; Pruden's, 



48 ; Wilson's, 24, 48, 50. 

 Blue Grass region, 161. 

 Blunt, Lady Anne, 256. 257, 282. 

 Blunt. Mr. W., 256. 257, 262, 266, 



271, 276. 

 Bodine, 101. 



Bonheur, Mile Rosa, 208. 

 Bonner, Mr. R., 31, 34, 35, 69, 82, 



316. 

 Booker, Sam, 162. 

 Boots for horses, 72, 90. 

 Boott, Mr. J., 26. 

 Borrow, Mr. G., 27, 116, 190, 191. 

 Boston, 39, 53. 

 Boston, city horses of, 210. 

 Boston Fire Department, 229 etseq. 

 Boston Girl, 127. 

 Bran Mash. 241. 297, 298. 

 Breaking, from a trot, 91, 94, 95. 

 Brewers. See London Brewers. 

 Brinker's Drennan, 162. 

 Broncos. 8, 167-171, 278 

 Bronco thoroughbreds, 171-173. 



Brood Mares, 56-58. 



Brood Mare Sires, 56. 



Brooklyn Fire Department, 232, 



236, 241, 250 

 Bucephalus, 197. 

 Bulrush, 126. 

 Bun bury. Sir Charles, 51. 

 Burdett-Coutts, Mr., 152, 189, 198. 

 Bush Messenger, 33. 

 Byerly Turk. 41. 51, 119. 



Cabell" > Lexington, 162. 



California Horses, 39, 82. 



California Stage Horses, 170. 



Cambridge Fire Department, 232, 

 25U. 



Canadian Horses, 126. 159, 162. 



Canter, the, 165. 



Capucine. 199. 



Car Horses, 212, 228. 



Carriages, early, 181; improvement 

 in, 180, 203." 



Carriage Horses, 150, 178 et seq.; 

 American, 195-199; clipping of, 

 319-321; early, 183-185; im- 

 provement in, 178, 183-187, 203; 

 the primitive, 179; state, 184, 

 189 ; as weight-pullers, 203, 204 ; 

 See also Cleveland Bay, Cob, 

 Hackney, Yorkshire Coach 

 Horse, and French Coach 

 Horse. 



Cart Horses. 206 et seq. ; beauty 

 of, 206. 209; Blue Bulls as, 48; 

 mechanically considered, 217; on 

 the farm, 209. 225; pictures of, 

 208: shape of. 217. 224: types 

 of. 224. See also Clydesdales, 

 Perchekoxs. Shire Horses, 

 Suffolk Punch. 



Cart Horse Society. 214. 



Castianira, ">-_>. 



Champions, the, 33. 



Grinnell's, 33. 34. 

 King's. 34. 

 Vermont, 139. 



