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INDEX. 



Over-reaches, and How to Dress, 



225 

 Over- working Horses, 105 



Pace of Draught Horses, 18 



in Driving, 135 



Paddocks, How to Keep, 39 

 Pads on Saddle, 128 

 Pair Carriage Horses, 1 2 

 Pair-horse Harness, 132 

 Pannier Ponies, 143 

 Park Cobs, 10 

 Park Hacks, 4 



, Description of, 9 — 10 



Parsnips, Preparation of, 84 

 Parturition, 156 — 158 



, Skilful Aid Necessary, 157 



Pasturage, Treatment of, 39 



Paving Stables, 52 



Peas as Food, 81 



Peat as Litter, 102 



Pegu Ponies, 140 



PelhamBit, 131 



Plain Snaffles, 109, 130 



Poitou Asses, 185 



Mules, 189 



"Pointing," 227 



Points of Cob, 5—12, 31—36 



Clydesdale, 15 



Dray Horses, 117 



Hack, 5—11, 32—36 



Harness, 5, 31—33 



Hunter, 3, 4, 22—31 



Ponies, 137—145 



Roadster, 5, 11, 33—34 



Shire, 16 



Suffolk, 17 



Ponies, Varieties of, 140—143 



, Food of, 89, 144 



, Management of, 144 



for Nursery Panniers, 143 



, Price of, 141 



in the Shires, 140 



, Saddles for, 144 



Poultices, and How to Apply them, 



225 

 Powders, and their Administration, 



224 

 Pregnancy, 15 



Pregnancy, Rules to be Observed, 



154 

 , Danger of Fright During, 



155 

 Preserving Harness, 132 

 Preparation of Jjood, 83 

 Prices of Horses, 14, 15, 20, 33, 26 

 Pricks in Shoeing, 217 

 Punctured Wounds, 237 

 Purchasing Horses at Fairs, 21, 32 



—36 

 , Points to be Observed, 22 — 



26 



Quantity of Food for the Various 



Breeds, 86—89 

 Quarrelling in Stalls, How to 



Avoid, 107 

 Quittor, 207 



Race-horses, 1 — 2 

 Rearing Foals, 162 



Artificially, 163 



Reins and their Use, 131 



, How to Hold the, 113 



, Tugging at the, 135 



Rest for Horses, 106 



Riding and Hunting, 109—123 



, Rules of, 114—116 



to Hounds, 118 



Ponies, 144 



Rig Horses, 34 

 Ring Snaffle, 109, 130 

 Rings on Reins, 112 

 Ringworm, 253 

 Ringy Hoofs, 24 

 Roach-backed Horse, 7 

 Roadster or Hack, 1, 4 — 12 



, Points of, 5—8, 31—36 



, Price of, 8, 36 



Road Hack, 4 



, Description of, 5 — 8 



Roarers, 34 



Round Points, 27 



Rules for Purchasing Hunters, 22 



—29 

 Rust in Fodder, 72 

 Rye as Food, 81 



