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INDEX 



Scouring, 225 



Scratches, 237-240 



Seiter, Dr. John, 92 



Shahwan, 172 



Sheath, 228 



Sherman, 179 



Shire horses, 207, 208 



Shoe-boil, 249 



Shoeing, 90-102 ; of lame horses, 

 see Spavin, Curb, Founder, Na- 

 vicular disease, etc. 



Shoes, seating of, 97 ; web of, 95 ; 

 weight of, 93 



Shoulders, care of, 146 



Shying, 21 



Sick horses, 215-218 



Side-bones, 262, 263 



Sidney Dillon, 195 



Simmons, 199 



Slings, 216 



Soaking Tub, 87, 219, 220, 246 



Sods, 38 



Spavin, i, 246-248 



Sphinx, 193 



Splan, John, 70, no, 125 



Springs, 259 



Sprung knees, 250, 251 



Stablemen, 56, 60, 124-126 



Stables, 116-123 



Staling, 144 



Stallions, choice of, 4, 5 ; size of, 

 6, 7 ; treatment of, 7 



Stalls, 117-H9 



Stillman, C. C, i8o, 183 



Stark, A. T., 98, 107 



Strangles, 231 



Suffolk horses, 148, 149 



Suffolk Punch, 149, 209-211 



Sugar, 42, 45-47> 62 



Sunstroke, 63 



Sweat pads, 112 



Sweet Marie, 181 



Tails, 66-69, 199 

 Teeth, care of, 82, 83 

 Temperature, of horses, 216; of 



stable, 121, 122 

 The Bondsman, 189 

 The Harvester, 193, 196 

 The Justin Morgan, 176, 177, 197 



The King, 188, 190, 191 



The Northern Man, 192 



Thoroughbreds, 173-175; as cav- 

 alry horses, 162-164 



Thoroughpin, 252 



Throat, diseases of, 231, 232 



Thrush, 259 



Tips, 100 



Tompkins, Gilbert, 33, 92 



Tonics, 226, 240 



Tiverton, 181 



Todd, 192 



Training of colts, 17-22; of saddle 

 horses, 152-154 



Transportation of horses, 130-132 



Trotter, see Trotting-bred horse 



Trotting-bred horse, 184-196; as a 

 cavalry horse, 167, i68; as a 

 farm horse, 147, 148 ; origin of, 

 186; shoeing of, 102 



True Briton, 176 



Uhlan, 192 

 Urine, 228 



Vacations for horses, 127 

 Vegetables, 43, 44 

 Ventilation, 120, 121 

 Vermont Hero, 179 



Wagner, 175 



Walnut Hall, 191, 193, 196 

 Ware, F. M., 34, 142, 162 

 Watering of horses, 9, 32-34, 58, 



62, 142-144, 225 

 Watering troughs, 122 

 Weaving, 268, 269 

 Welcome, i8o 

 Winthrop Morrill, 179 

 Wildair, 176 



Wilkes Boy, 188, 190, 191 

 Wilkes family, 181, 188-191, 195, 



196 

 Willett, Duncan E., 203 

 William L., 190 

 Willy, 111, 185, 191 

 Wilton, 181, 188, 190, 191 

 Windgalls, 251 

 Winkers, see Blinders 



