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INDEX. 



Buxton Bit, 130 



Buying Horses at Fairs, 21 



from Dealers, 23, 36 



from Private Individuals, 37 



Calf Knees, G 



Calculi, 72 



Canker, 211 



Cantering, 180 



Carriage and Light Horses, 12 — 14 



, Food of, 89 



Carrots, 82 



Cart Horses, Food of, 87—88 



Cataract, Causes of, 30, 33 



Catarrh, or Cold, 250 



Chafed Shoulders, 127 



Chain Snaffle, 109, 110 



Charlier Shoes, 204 



ChifneyBit, 130 



Classification of Breeds of Horses, 

 1—2 



Cleaning Harness, 132 



Cleveland Horses, 13 



Clipping Horses, 97—98 



Clover for Horses, 82 



Clydesdales, 15 



, Big, 15 



, Size of, 15 



, Value of, 15 



Clysters, or Enemas, to give, 226 



Cobs, Variety of, 10 



, Vulgar Ideas about, 11 



, Fail's for the Purchase of, 



34—35 



Cold or Catarrh, 250 



CoHc, How to Treat, 244 



Collars, Benefit of Well-made, 125 

 —127 



Colts, Management of, 172—174 



, Training for the Saddle, 1 73 



Congestion of the Lungs, Treat- 

 ment of, 250 



Consanguineous Breeding, Dangers 

 of, 149 



" Constitutional" Park Hack, 12 



Contracted Feet, 33 



Corn Bins, 108 



"Corns" on Hunters, 27, 210 



Corns and their Treatment, 210 



Cover or Covert Hack, 4, 8 

 Cracked Heels, 96, 253 

 Crib Biting, 26 

 Cross-breeding, 1, 150 

 Crupper in Harness, 124, 129 

 Curb-chain, 130 

 Curb-bits, 130 

 Curbs, 30 

 Curby Hocks, 30 



Damaged Grain for Cooking, 85 

 Dartmoor Ponies, 142 

 Dealers at Fairs, 21 



, Tricks of, 23, 29 



, Buying from, 36 



Devonshire Ponies, 140 

 Detached Loose Boxes, 58 

 Diarrhoea, 245 

 Diet of Horses, 66—68 



, Nutritive Value of, 62 



Digestibility of Food, 68 

 Diuresis, or profuse Staling, 247 

 Diseases of Horses, 219, 256 

 Disease, Nursing in the Case of, 219 

 Distress, 122 

 Double Bridles, 109 

 Drains in Stables, 56 

 Draught Colts, Breaking of, 172 

 Draught Horses, 1,15—20 



, Driving of, 17—20, 136 



, Harness of, 132 



, Pace of, 18, 20, 178 



, Points of, 19 



• Mules, 189 



Draughts in Stables, 51 

 Dray Horses, 17 



, Points of, 19 



Drenches, and How to Give them, 



224 

 Dressing for Wounds, 236 

 Driving and Harness, 124 — 136 

 Driving, Qualities necessary for 



Skilful, 133 

 Dust Balls, or Calculi, 72 

 Dutch Martingale, 175 



Enemas or Clysters, and How to 

 Give them, 226 



