INDEX, 



Abortion in IMares, 155 

 Action in Horses, 17 — 19, 32 

 Administering Medicines, 223 — 



226 

 Aftermatli, 77 



Age of Parents in Breeding, 151 

 Agricultural or Draught Horses, 



15 



, Varieties of, 15—20 



. , Prices of, 20 



Air (Fresh) in Stables, 40—51 



American Mules, 189 



Artificial Grasses in use as Fodder, 



78 

 Ass, The, and its Management, 



185—187 



, in Agriculture, 186 



, Flesh of, 186 



, Food of the, 187 



, Load of the, 186 



, Shoeing of the, 187 



Asses and Mules, Breeding of, 185 



—197 

 in the East, 186 



Badly Ventilated Stables, Evils of, 



45—47 

 Bad Habits, 53 

 Bad-tempered Horses, 107 

 Balls, How to Give, 223 

 Bandaging Horses, 99 

 Barley as Fodder, 81 

 *' Baulking " Horses, 181 

 Beans as Fodder, 81 

 Bearing-reins, 130 



, The "Gag," 131 



Bedding, 100—102 



, Dangers of Foul, 101 



Big Clydesdales, 15 

 Bits, 109 



, Bad, 130 



used in BreaMrg Colts, 170 



in Use, 109, 130 



Bleeding or Haemorrhage, 235 



Blinkers, 132 



** Blown" Horses, 117 



Bog-spavin, 30 



Boiling Food, 84 



Bowels, Inflammation of the, 245 



Bran as Food, 81 



Bran Mash, 221 



Breaking and Training Horses, 165 



Breaking to Harness, 181 — 183 



Breastplate or Straps, 111 



" Breeching" in Harness, 129 



Breeding of Horses, 146 



, Age of Parents in the, 151 



, Crossing in the, 150 



— -, Mating in the, 148 



, Selection in the, 147 



of Hunters, 1 — 3 



Breeds of Horses, Various, 1- 

 Bridles, Various Kinds of, 



129 

 Bridoon, The, 108 

 Broken Knees, 28, 33 



, Treatment of, 237 



Broken "Wind, Cause and 



250 

 Brood Mares and their Foals, 161 

 Brougham Horses, Description of, 



13—14 

 Bruises, and How to Treat them, 



243 

 "Brushing," 33 

 " Buck " Knees, 6 

 " Bunt," 72 



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109, 



Cure, 



