INDEX. 



261 



Insects in Forage, 73 

 Intermittent Lameness, 232 

 Irish Horses, Bits for, 110 

 Irish Hunters, 22 



, Points of, 23 



Irregular Teeth, 246 

 Irregularity of Gait, 227 



Kerry Ponies, 142 

 Kicking Straps, 129 



Ladies Hacks, 4 



, Style of, 10 



, Price of, 10 



Lameness, Causes of, 33 



, Detection of, 227—232 



, Peculiarity of Action Simu- 

 lating, 232—233 



Laminitis, 26 



, Treatment of, 211, 214 



" Leading " Horses, 169 



Leaping, Care in, 180 



Leather Saddle-cloths, 112 



Light Draught Horses, 13 



Linseed, Use of, 81 



Liverpool Bit, 130 



Litter, 99—102 



, Economy in, 101 



, Peat as, 102 



, Saw-dust as, 101 



, Sea-sand as, 102 



, Wheat Straw as, 100 



Lofts in Stables, Disadvantages of, 

 44 



Loose Boxes, 53 



, Detached, 58 



'* Longeing" Young Horses, 109 



Match Horses, 22 



Medicines, and How to Administer 



them, 223—226 

 Megrims, 248 



Mexican Mules, How Bred, 189 

 MHdew, 72 

 Mixture of Food, 85 

 Mouldy Forage, 73 

 Mowburnt Hay, 78 

 Mud Fever, 255 

 Mules and their Uses, 187—188 



, Colours of, 193 



, Food of, 196 



, Gait of, 196 



, Grooming of, 196 



, How Bred, 191 



, Harness for, 195 



in Harness, 190 



, Load for, 196 



, Longevity of, 188—193 



, Pace of, 191 



as Pack Animals, 191 



, Points of, 193, 194 



, Shoeing of, 197 



, Size of, 193 



, Training and Breaking, 194 



, Varieties of, 189 



, Voice of, 192 



Musty Hay, 78 



Nails for Shoes, 202—204 

 Navicular Disease, 25 



, Treatment of, 215—216 



New Hay, 76 

 Newmarket Snaffle, 109 

 Nursing in Sickness or Injury, 

 219 



