INDEX. 



663 



Periosteum, the, 250. 



Peritonitis, 357. 



Persian horse, the, 41. 



Phrenitis, 375. 



Phthisis, 346. 



Physic, effects of, 217 ; mode of ad- 

 ministering, 445. 



Physic balls and drenches, 450. 



Physiology, of the blood, 273; of di- 

 gestion,"280 ; of muscle, 269 : of re- 

 spiration, 277 ; of secretions, 281 ; of 

 the skeleton, 251. 



Pilot (blk. g.), 608. 



Pilot, Jr. (Alexander's), 605. 



Pilot, Old (pacer), 605. 



Piping, 338. 



Pleura, the, 272. 



Pleurisy, 345, 484. 



Pleurodynia, 345. 



Plunging, 245. 



Pneumonia, 339. 



Pocahontas, Jr., 609. 



Pocahontas (pacer), 96, 609 ; pedigree 

 of, 652. 



Points of the trotter, 624; of the 

 horse, 20. 



Poisoning, 488. 



Poll-evil, 307. 



Pregnancy, 633. 



Preparation, final, of the hunter, 219; 

 for work, 206. 



Prices paid for trotting horses by Mr. 

 Bonner, 550. 



Pricks, from a nail picked up on the 

 road, 416; in shoeing, 415. 



Princess, 520. 



Prioress (thorough-bred), 54. 



Progression, mode of, 78. 



Proportions of the various points, 26. 



Proud-flesh, in wounds, medicines for 

 destroying, 454. 



Puffs, 315. 



Purchase of horses, the, 463. 



Purges (see Aperients). 



Purity of blood in the thorough-bred, 

 60. 



Purulent ophthalmia, 384. 



Quarter, points of the fore, 21 ; points 



of the hind, 25 ; false, 399. 

 Quitter, 400. 



Rabies, of, 377, 478. 



Race-horse, characteristics and shape 



of the, 57. 

 Racing or hunting stable, 175. 

 Racking, 95. 

 Racks for stables, 170. 

 Radius, fracture of the, 310. 

 Rarey's method of breaking horses, 128. 



Rarus, history of, 539. 



Rattler, 510. 



Rearing, management of, 244. 



Reduction of hernia, 444. 



Refrigerants, 461. 



Reins, management of, 233. 



Relationship of pacers to trotters, 609. 



Relative influence of sire and dam, 110, 

 617. 



Relative proportions of the horse, 19. 



Respiration, 277; effect of, on atmo- 

 spheric air, 277. 



Retention of urine, 373. 



Rheumatic inflammation, 311. 



Rheumatism, 311. 



Ribs, fractured, 310. 



Riding, 230 ; to hounds, 240. 



Ring bone, 300 ; remedy for, 454. 



Ripton, 512. 



Roanoke (pacer), 608. 



Roaring, 335. 



Roman horse, the, 16. 



Round worms, 367. 



Rowels, 438. 



Royal Cieorge, 605. 



Running, action in, 96. 



Running away, management of, 245. 



Running turf, tables of best perform- 

 ances on, 583 et seq. 



Rupture of the bowels, 364. 



Rysdyk's Hambletonian, principal sons 

 of, 610; money received for stud 

 services of, 610; pedigree of, 637. 



Sabi, a breed of Arab horse, 33. 



Saddlery, care of. 227. 



Saladin, 600. 



Sale of horses, the, 463. 



Sallenders, 391. 



Salt, as food, 180. 



Saltram (pacer), 609. 



Sand-crack, 399. 



Sarcoma, osteo, 308. 



Saunterer (English thorough-bred), 

 64. 



Scalds, 477. 



Scapula, exostosis of, 305; fractures 

 of the, 310. 



Scratches (see Grease). 



Scratching the ear, management of, 

 204. 



Screwdriver, 508, 509. 



Scripture, the horse of, 13. 



Seat in riding, directions for, 232. 



Seclaoni, a breed of Arab horses, 33. 



Secretion, physiology of, 281; medi- 

 cines for defective, 448. 



Sedatives, 461. 



Seedy toe, 408. 



Seoley's American Star, 604, 613. 



