INDEX 



Abscesses, 20. 



Accidents and injuries, 48. 



Aconite, 33. 



Actual cautery explained, 77. 



Advertisements, precautions 



regarding, 1. 

 , buying by, 



1. 



, selling by, 5. 



Age, rules for telling horse's, 



1. 

 Aloes, quantity for dose, 70. 

 Alum, 52, 53. 

 Ammonia, injury caused by, 



74. 

 Anasarca, cause, symptoms, 



and cure, 20. 

 Anus, applying thermometer 



to, 12. 

 Aperients, how to administer, 



61. 



, doses for, 65. 



Apoplexy, cause and cure, 44. 

 Arabs, signs of good breeding, 



3. 

 Arnica, 65. 



Arsenic, poisoning by, 56. 

 Astringent, powder for grease, 



70. 

 Attack and defence, hints 



for, 6. 

 Auctions, precautions requi- 

 site, 1. 



, buying by, 1. 



, selhng by, 5. 



Australian hay, 74. 



B. 



Backing to test stringhalt, 

 15. 



Backrake, how to, 62. 



Back sinews, 16. 



, sore, from saddle, 52. 



Ball, size and make of, 61. 



how to administer, 61. 



for colic, 67. 



, purgative, 70. 



, camphor, 66. 



Bamboo-leaves for cough, 

 65. 



Bandages, 62. 



, chamois leather, 62. 



Banging, meaning of, 77. 



Barbs on tongue, 46. 



Barley, 74, 



Bar-shoe explained, 77. 



Bars of foot defined, 80. 



Bayonet wounds, 54. 



Beats of pulse. 12. 

 i Bedding, rules for, 73. 

 j Beef soup, 65. 

 j Beer as a restorative, 70. 

 I Belly wounds by pig's tusk, 



55. 

 j Betting, English style, 83. 



i in India, 87. 



I by pari mutuel, 89. 



I by totalisator, 89. 



Bishoping explained, 77. 



Bite by dog, remedy for, 48. 



snake or scorpion, re- 

 medy for, 48. 



Biting, to cure a horse, 58. 



Bits, military, how to use, 6. 



Bladder, diseases of, 40. 



Blain on tongue, 46. 



Blaze, meaning of, 77. 



Bleeding, rules for, 63. 



Blemishes, how to conceal, 71. 



Blister, how to apply, 62. 



, how to make, 65. 



