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INDEX. 



Mane, of the race horse, the, 76 ; hog- 

 ging the, 194. 



Manege, paces of the, 96. 



Mange, .389. 



Mangers for stables, 170; material for, 

 171. 



Mare, management of the brood, 117; 

 choosing the, for breeding, 619 ; time 

 of sending to the horse, 123, 633; 

 the Arab, 40. 



Marrow, the, 250. 



Marshes, useful in unsoundness of the 

 feet and legs, 225. 



Match, trotting, first on record in Eng- 

 land, 599 ; first on record in America, 

 507, 600. 



Maturity of the horse, 28. 



Maud S., pedigree of, 656. 



Medicines, list of the principal, and 

 recipes for, 447 et seq. 



Mef ki, a breed of Arab horse, 33. 



Megrims, 376. 



Membrane, synovial, inflammation of 

 the, 313. 



Mental development, 29. 



Messenger (imp.), description of, 506, 

 601; influence upon trotting stock, 

 507, 602 ; character as a stallion, 507 ; 

 his progeny inbred, 621. 



Methods of using the horse, ancient, 

 17. 



Middlepiece of the horse, proportions 

 of, 23. 



Mode of progression in horses, 78. 



Modern Arab, the, 33. 



Molten grease, 364. 



Moor-ill. 419. 



Moorish horse, the, 17. 



Morgan horse, the, 48, 613. 



Morrill family, the, 612. 



Morrill (Young), 612; pedigree of, 

 641. 



Moulting, periodical, 29. 



Mountain Boy, 527; pedigree of, 651. 



Mounting, directions for, 230. 



Mouth, age of the horse as shown in 

 the, 258; diseases of the, 350. 



Mucosae, bursiE, 271 ; inflamed, 314. 



Muscles, 269; diseases of the, 311; 

 chronic rheumatism of, 312; rheu- 

 matic inflammation of, 311. 



Mustang horse, the, 46. 



Narcotics (see Anodynes). 

 Narraganset Pacer, the, 52. 

 National Trotting Association formed, 



551. 

 Navicular disease, 409. 

 Neck, relative proportions of the, 21. 

 Nejdi, a breed of Arab horse, 33. 



Nephritis. 369. 



Nerves, the, 286. 



Nervous system, diseases of the, 375. 



Neurotomy, for navicular disease, 412. 



New York Trotting Club organized, 

 508, 600. 



Nicking, operation for, 143. 



Norfolk trotter, the, 89, 600. 



North America, wild horse of. 46. 



Nose, the, 287 ; diseases of the blood- 

 vessels of the, 349; hasmorrhage from 

 the blood-vessels of the, 349, 481. 



Numidian horse, the, 17. 



Nymphomania, 374. 



Ob-iect of encouraging the breed of 



race-horses, 58. 

 Oneida Chief (pacer), 608. 

 Operations, 431. 

 Ophthalmia, purulent, 384. 

 Organs, classification of the various, 



248. 

 Original British horse, the, 17. 

 Orlofif Trotter, the, 600. 

 Ossification of the lateral cartilages, 



301. 

 Osteo sarcoma of the jaw, 308. 

 Out-crossing in breeding, 104, 622. 

 Over-reaches, stable management of, 



222; treatment of, 416. 

 Ozena, 328. 



Pacer, the Narraganset, 52. 



Pacers, 607 ; belonging to trotting 



families, 608; to teach to trot, 608; 



performances of, 575. 

 Paces, natural and acquired, 76 ; modes 



of starting to the various, 235. 

 Pacing, nature of, 95; close relation- 

 ship to trotting, 609. 

 Paddock, the, for brood mares, 118. 

 Palpitation of the heart, 483. 

 Pancreas, the, 284. 

 Paps, 352. 

 Paralysis, 380 ; from injury of the 



spine, 380. 

 Parturition, 490. 

 Pastern, fractures of the, 310. 

 Pasturing, 225. 



Patella, dislocation of the, 324. 

 Paul Pry, 509, 601. 

 Pedigrees, importance of, in breeding, 



617; tables of, 637-656. 

 Pelham, 608. 

 Pelvic arch, the, 255. 

 Pelvis, the, 284; fractures of, 310. 

 Performances, tables of trotting, 553 ; 



pacing, 575; running, 583. 

 Perichondrium, 267. 

 Periodical moulting, 29. 



