INDEX 



G93 



Glands, structure of, 478; anatomy of the 

 salivary, 480 ; bronchial, 473 ; the pulmon- 

 ary, ill. 



Glanders, symptoms of, 592. 



Godolphiu Arabian, the, 19^71. 



Gomphosis, 396. 



Gorse, for soiling, 261. 



Granary, construction of, 222. 



Grass, for the horse, 351 ; turning out to, 309. 



Grease, symptoms of, 586 ; treatment of, 587. 



Greek horse, the, 2. 



Green food, for horses, 260 ; for soiling horses, 

 ib. 



Green oats for soiling, 261. 



Groom, duties of, 245. 



Groomiug of horses, 273. 



Gruel, 256. 



Habits, of the horse, 7 ; out-door bad, 336. 



Hack, the covert, 118; the road, ib.; the 

 pai-k, ib. 



Hacks, preparation of, for work, 305 ; feeding 

 of, ib. 



Haemorrhage, from the lungs, treatment of, 

 552 ; from the nose, treatment of, ib. 



Half-bred horse, the, 112. 



Halters used for breaking, 203—205. 



Hand gallop, the, 150. 



Hands, attainment of good, in ridiug, 329. 



Hanoverian horses, the, 65 ; Pelham, the, 323. 



Harmonia, 396. 



Harness, blacking, recipes for, 317; breaking 

 to, 212; choice of , 339 ; care of, 315; double, 

 view of, 342 ; directions for cleaning, 315 ; 

 details of single, 339 ; horses, preparation of, 

 for work, 304 ; method of drying, 238 ; room 

 in stables, 238. 



Haw, anatomy of, 497. 



Hay, chamber, 221 ; as food for horses, 252 ; 

 musty, 253 ; quantity required of the, 254 ; 

 upland, 252 ; weather-beaten, 253 ; burnt, 

 253. 



Head, bones of the, 354 ; division of the bones 

 of, ib. ; relative proportions of the, 350. 



Health, upland grass most useful in restoring, 

 311. 



Heart, anatomy of the, 460; and arteries, 

 plan of the, 463 ; obscurity of diseases of 

 the, 551. 



Heavy machiner, the, 131. 



Heels, treatment of chapped, 586, 



Hemisphere, Western, horses of the, 38. 



Hempseed, for stallions, 259. 



Hepatization of the lungs, 547. 



Hernia, operation for reducing, 634 ; the ana- 

 tomy of the parts connected with, 440. 



Herbert's, Mr., account of wild horse of 

 America, 39. 



Herod, history of, 74 ; pedigree of, ib. 



Highblowing, see roaring, 546. 



Highland pony, the, 127. 



Hip-joint, 420 ; dislocation of, 534 ; ligaments 

 of, 420 ; rarity of strain of, 532 ; symptoms 

 of strain of, ib. ; treatment of strain of, ib. 



Hobbles, description of, and method of using, 

 623 ; improved, 624. 



Hock, the, 424 ; cause of capped, 526 ; treat- 

 ment of capped, ib. ; treatment of strain of 

 the, 533. 



Hock-joint, the, 424 ; anterior ligament of, 

 425 ; external view of, ili. ; internal view of, 

 ib. ; lateral ligaments of, ib. ; internal later- 

 al ligaments of, ib. ; postrrior ligaments of, 



ib. ; strain of the, 533 ; sjoiovial membrane 

 of, 426. 



Hoof, anatomy of the, 500 ; development of, 

 by secretion, 503 ; view of the, 502. 



Horse, action of the walk in the, 145 ; after 

 treatment of the foal of, 190 ; ancient 

 methods of using the, 5 ; Arab, food of the, 

 30 ; Arab, speed of the, ib. ; Arab, colours 

 of the, ib. ; advantages and disadvantages of 

 each plan of breeding, 167 ; American, fast- 

 est trotting on record, 43 ; apparatus for 

 breaking to harness, 212 ; average age of the, 

 16 ; malted barley and wheaten bread for 

 the, 258 ; beans and pease for the, 257 ; bran 

 mash for the, 259 ; bedding of, 271 ; best 

 age to breed from, 170 ; Burman, the, 24 ; 

 bit used for breaking, 204; blood most 

 suitable for breeding hunters, 179 ; bounding 

 on his hind-legs, the, 197 ; breaking of the 

 colt, 192 ; breaking to harness of the, 212 ; 

 breed of, in India, 36 ; remarks on the 

 buying of, 681 ; carrots for the, 260 ; cas- 

 tration of the foal, 191, 630; causes of a 

 " hit " in breeding, 168 ; chaff for the, 259 ; 

 choice of sire and dam in breeding, 174; 

 classification of the, 7 ; clipping the, 278 ; 

 clothing, kind of, 246 ; prices of, 247 ; com- 

 parative stoutness of, 87; concluding 

 remarks on breeding, 181 ; corn for, 254 ; 

 daily exercise of the, 288 ; dental formula 

 of the, 7 ; distribution of weight in, 141 ; 

 dressing of the, 273 ; early history of, 1 ; 

 early maturity of the, 94 ; early treatment 

 of the foal, 189 ; English, imported into 

 America, a list of, 48 ; external form of, 

 as indicated by points, 8 ; feeding of farm, 

 270 ; feeding of harnefs, 269 ; first thing to 

 be done in breaking, 205 ; food of the, 251 ; 

 general characteristics of, 7 ; general history 

 of the English thoroughbred, 67 ; general 

 management of the brood mare, 186 ; grass 

 for the, 186 ; green food for soiling, 260 ; 

 grooming of, 273 ; gruel for the, 256 ; habits 

 of the, 7 ; halter used for breaking in, 203 — 



205 ; hay for the, 187 ; liistory of, 7 ; hemp- 

 seed for the, 259 ; hovel for brood mare, 

 182 ; importance of forming the mouth in, 



206 ; importance of health in breeding, 169 ; 

 importance of soundness in breeding, ib. ; 

 in-and-breeding, 165 ; increase of size in, 86 ; 

 increase of symmetry in, ib. ; influence of 

 the sire and dam in breeding, 171 ; jump- 

 ing, 157 ; leaping, ib. ; linseed for the, 259 ; 

 locomotive action of, 141 ; management of 

 the feet in the, 385 ; maturity of the, 16 ; 

 mental development of the, 17 ; methods of 

 restraint, 621 ; middle piece of the, 15 ; 

 mixed breeds of cart, 139 ; mode of progres- 

 sion in, 142 ; most profitable kind for breed- 

 ing purposes, 180 ; natural and acquired 

 paces of, 141 ; oats for the, 256 ; of 

 Abyssinia, the, 24 ; of Dongola, the, 21 ; of 

 the East, the, 19 ; of the Western Hemi- 

 sphere, the, 38 ; of Toorkistan, the, 35 ; 

 omnibus, on the management of, 257 ; on his 

 knees about to f.dl on his side, portrait of 

 the, 198; ordinary English method of 

 breaking for the saddle, 203 ; origin of the 

 thoroughbred, 70 ; other Asiatic, 35 ; out- 

 cross in breeding, 166 ; paces of the manege, 

 157 ; pacing, 134 ; paddock for brood mare, 

 182 ; parsnips for the, 260 ; jaease for the, 

 257 ; pedigrees of American trotting, 46 ; 



