INDEX. 



Abdallah. by Mambrino, 602, 603, 



611. 

 Abd el Kader, on the Arab horse, 40 ; 



on the influence of the sire and dam 



respectively in breeding, 110. 

 Abdomen, 278, 279. 

 Abdominal viscera, diseases of the, 



350. 

 Accidents to the legs and feet, 413. 

 Action, locomotive, of the various 



parts, 76. 

 Administration of chloroform, 431 ; of 



physic, 445. 

 Africa, South, the horses of, 32. 

 Age, shown by the dental system, 258; 



average, 28 ; best to breed from, 



109. 

 Albany Pony. 508. 

 Ale.Yander's Abdallah, 610. 

 Ali Bev, his description of the modern 



Arab, 33. 

 Alimentary canal, absorption of fluid 



from the, 280. 

 Alteratives, 447. 

 Amaurosis, 387. 

 Amble, the, 95. 

 American Eclipse (thorough-bred), 



604. 

 American Girl, 526, 612. 

 American Star (Seeley's), 613. 

 American trotting horse, history of the, 



503 et seq. ; the, 50. 

 Americus, 511, 604. 

 Anaesthetics, 448. 

 Anasarca, 418. 

 Anchylosis. 298. 

 Ancient methods of using the horse, 



17. 

 Andrew Jackson, 612. 

 Anodynes, 448. 

 Antacids, 449. 

 Anthelmintics, 449. 

 Aperients, 460. 

 Apoplexy, 380. 



Apparatus for breaking to harness, 152. 

 Arab horse, of antiquity, 16; modern, 



33. 



Archer (an English trotter), 599. 

 Ariel (thorough-bred), 602. 

 Arsenic, 352. 



Arteries of the foot, the, 295. 

 Asiatic horses, the, 42.- 

 Astringents, 452. 

 Atavism, principles of, 617. 

 Atmospheric air, changes produced in, 



by respiration, 277. 

 Attitude assumed in standing, 78. 

 Australian horse, the, 44. 



Back and loins, strains of the, 316. 



Back-raking, mode of performing, 

 446. 



Baek-sinews, strains of the, 319. 



Bail, the hanging, 168; gangway, 170. 



Balanitis, 373. 



Bandages, 196. 



Barb, the, 30. 



Barbs, treatment of, 352. 



Barnacles, 434. 



Bashaw family, the, 518, 611. 



Bashaw (Green's). (See Green's Ba- 

 shaw.) 



Bath, the Turkish, 213. 



Baucher's method of horse-breaking, 

 145. 



Bellfounder (imp.), 603. 



Bengal, the horses of, 43. 



Betsey Baker, 508, 602. 



Billy Boyce (pacer), 609; pedigree of, 

 653. 



Birmah, the horses of, 44. 



Bishoping, 264. 



Bit used for horse-breaking, 143. 



Bites of insects, 392, 478. 



Biting, remedy for the vice of, 206. 



Black Dutchman, 612. 



Black Flying Cloud, 621. 



Black Harry Clay (Sayre's), 612. 



Black Hawk (Hill's, also called Ver- 

 mont), 49, 606, 611. 



Black Hawk (Long Island), 612. 



Blacking, recipes for harness, 230. 



Bladder, the, 284; calculi in, 373; dis- 

 eases of, 372. 



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