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INDEX 



Thoroughbred, essentials iu the, 97; Euglish 

 horse, the, G7 ; general history of the, ih. ; 

 hunt r, the, 110; origin of the, 70 ; stout- 

 nes-! of the American, 52; the English of 

 1750, 69; the steeple-chaser, 110; the 

 modern, S5 ; the American, 47. 



Thoroughpin, nature of, 521 ; treatment of, ili. 



Thread worms, 618. 



Thrush, varieties of, 602 ; treatment of, 603. 



Thymus gland, anatomy of the, 473. 



Thyroid body, snatomy of the, ih. 



Thyroid cartilages, anatomy of, 470. 



Tibia, view of the, 338. 



Tibio-Bbular articul ition, 389 ; tarsal articula- 

 tion, ih. 



Tiles, enamelled for stables, 237. 



Times made by horses of the middle of the 

 last century, 90 ; of the best American horses 

 made iu America and England, 91 ; of the 

 hors?, best modern English, 90. 



Tip, th?, 631 ; needed for the fore-feet ia 

 turning out, 312. 



Tissue, white fibrous, 393. 



Tonics, action of, 654 ; recipes for, ih. 



Toorkistan, the horse of, 3-5. 



Tooth, section of incisor, 357. 



Touch, anatomy of the organ of, 498 ; sense of, 

 nece.s.sary to the appreciation of form, ih. 



Trachea, anatomy of, 471. 



Training horses, Rarey's method of, 192. 



Trapezoides, os, 380. 



Traps, various kinds of stable, 227. 



Travis, the, of stables, 233. 



Trimmiug, 278. 



Trooper, the, 117. _ 



Trot, the, 147 ; action iu the true, ih. ; st irting 

 into a, 331. 



Trotter, the American, 43 ; the fast, 14 ; the 

 Norfolk, 132. 



Trotting horses, American, pedigrees of, 46 ; 

 American, fastest on record, 43. 



Turkish bath, description of the, 266 ; plan 

 of, 267. 



Turkish horse, the, 301. 



Turning out, marshes for, 311 ; meadow laufl 

 far, 310 ; to grass, 309. 



Twitch, the, 621. 



Ulna, the, 379. 



Unciforme, o.s, 381. 



Unilateral shoe, 664. 



Unnerving, remarks on, 634. 



Unsoundness of the feet and legs, marches 

 useful in, 311. 



Upland liay as food, 2.02. 



Upland pasture, nature of, 310. 



Upper arm bone, the, 377. 



Ureter, the, 487. 



Urinary calculi, 569. 



Urine, retention of, 569 ; treatment of re- 

 tention of, ih. 



Valve, the ilcocsecal, 483. 



Vein, inflammation of, aftur bleeding, 627 ; the 



axillary, 467 ; the plate, ih. ; the superficial 

 brachial, ih. ; the vertebra], ih. ; of the 

 stomach, 482 ; the pulmonary, 467 ; the 

 superficial, 466. 



Vena-cava, anatomy of , 467 ; anterior, anatomy 

 of, ih. ; posterior, anatomy of, ih. 



Venous blood, action of air on, 468. 



Ventilating shaft, 231 ; windows, 232. 



Ventilation of stables, 229. 



Vermifuges, action of, 654. 



Vermont cart-horse, the, 53. 



Vertebra atlas, 367. 



Vertebra dentata, anterior view of, 368; pos- 

 terior view of, 369. 



Vertebra, body of, 365 ; cervical, 366 ; coccy- 

 geal, 373 ; general character of, 365 ; geneml 

 chai'acter of dorsal, 369 ; general character 

 of tlie lumbar, 371 ; general movements of 

 the, 401 ; peculiai'ities of certain cervical, 

 3!!7 ; peculiarities of the dorsal, 370 ; peculi- 

 arities of the lumbar, 371 I profile Yiew of 

 the cervical, 366. 



Vertebral column, articulations of the, 397 ; 

 ligament, inferior, ih. ; ligament, superior, 



27). 



Vetches for soiling, 260. 



Vices, out-door, 336 ; treatment of, ih. ; shying, 

 ih. ; rearing, 337 ; kicking, ih. ; lying down, 

 ih. : plunging, ih. ; running away, 333 ; 

 stumbling, ih. 



Viscera, muscular coat of the hollow, 477. 



Walk, action of the, 145 ; mode of starting the 



horse into, ii29. 

 Walking, rate of, 329. 

 Walls, stable, to be lined, 238. 

 Warts, removal of, 588. 

 Water, remarks on, 264 ; proper quantity of, 



265 ; proper temperature of, 264 ; supply of, 



for stables, 229. 

 Waterpipes for stables, 229. 

 Weaving, remedy for, 293. 

 Weight, distribution of, in horses, 141. 

 Welsh pony, the, 126. 

 Western hemisphere, horses of ths, 38. 

 Wheat as food for the horse, 253. 

 Wheat straw for bedding, 271. 

 Wheezing, nature of, 546. 

 Whins for soiling, 2(j1. 

 Whistling, nature of, 546. 

 Wild horse of America, Mr. Herbert's accouut 



of the, 39 ; of North America, ih. 

 Wild Tartar horse, the, 35. 

 Windgalls, treatment of, 526. 

 Wmdows for stables, 229. 

 Winter's run, 313. 

 Withers, nature of fistula of, 517; symptoms 



of fistula of, //'. ; treatment of fistula of, 518. 

 Work, preparation for, 294 ; treatment of the 



horse after, 305. 

 Worms, intestinal, 018 ; symptoms of intestin- 

 al, ih. ; treatment of intestinal, ib. 

 Worm ni'diciues, action of, 651. 

 Wounds of joints, 533. 



