440 



INDEX. 



Gentian, the best tonic for the horse, 409. 

 Georg-e Martin, races won by, 36, 38. 

 Gibbing, a bad habit, cause of, and means of 



lessening, 356. 

 Gigs, formation of, 154. 

 Ginger, an excellent aromatic and tonic, 409, 



417. 

 Give and take plate, 42. 

 Glanders, nature of, 129, 131 ; symptoms, 74, 



129, 134; slow progress of, 129, 131 ; ap- 

 pearances of the nose in, 74, 129, 131 ; de- 

 tected by injecting the frontal sinuses, 73 ; 

 how distinguished from catarrh, 131 ; ditto 

 from strangles, ib. ; connected with farcy, 



130, 132; treatment of, 135; causes, 133; 

 both generated and contagious, 133, 134, 

 429 ; oflenest produced by improper stable 

 management, 133; mode of communica- 

 tion, 134 ; prevention of, 135 ; account of 

 its speedy appearance, 132, 133. 



Glands, enlarged, it depends on many circum- 

 stan^s whether they constitute unsound- 

 ness, 393. 



Glass-eye, nature and treatment of, 121. 



Glauber's salt, its effect, 416. 



Glutaei muscles, description of the, 281, 282. 



Godolphin Arabian, Sir Archy regarded as 

 the, of America, 25. 



Goulard's extract, the use of it much over- 

 valued, 412. 



Gracilis muscle, description of the, 281, 284. 



Grains, occasionally used for horses of slow 

 work, 375. 



Grapes on the heels, treatment of, 294. 



Grasses, neglect of the farmer as to the pro- 

 per mixture of, 377. 



Grease, nature and treatment of, 292 ; cause 

 of, ib. ; farmer's horse not so subject to it 

 as others, 294 ; generally a mere local com- 

 plaint, 293. 



Greenwich Maid, performances of, 57 ; height, 

 65. 



Grey Eagle, race won by, 37. 



Grey Medoc, race won by, 39. 



Grey horses, account cf the different shades 

 of, 386. 



Grinders, construction of the, 145. 



Grinding, of the food, accomplished by the 

 mechanism of the joint of tlie lower jaw, 

 146; swallowing without, 360. 



Grogginess, account of, 275. 



Grooming, as important as exercise to the 

 horse, 370 ; opiins the pores of the skin, and 

 gives a fine coat, 371 ; directions for, ib. 



Grunter, the, description of, 215 ; is unsound, 

 392. 



Gullet, description of the, 221 ; foreign bodies 

 in, 223. 



Gum-arabic, for what purposes used, 398. 



txutta riercna, nature and treatment of, 121. 



HABits, vicious or dangerous, 353. 



H« •naturi.'i, 245. 



Hair, account of the, 381 ; question of cutting 



it from the lircls, 29."). 

 Haras, establislK;d by Napoleon, 33. 



Haunch, description of the, 279 ; wide, ad- 

 vantage of, ib. ; injuries of the, ib. ; joint, 

 singular strength of it, ib. ; also of the thigh 

 bones, advantage of the oblique direction 

 of, ib. 



Haw, curious mechanism of the, 85; diseases 

 of, 117; absurdity and cruelty of destroy- 

 ing it, 85, 86. 



Hay, considered as food, 373 ; mowburnt, in 

 jurious, 377 ; old preferable to new, ib. 



Head, anatomy of the, 70 ; the numerous 

 bones composing it, the reason of this, 70, 

 71 ; section of the. 72 ; beautiful provision 

 for its support, 76. 



Healing ointment, account of the, 417. 



Hearing of the horse, the very acute, 81. 



Heart, description of the, 181 ; its action de- 

 scribed, 182; inflammation of the, 183; 

 dropsy of the, ib. 



Heels, question of cutting the hair from them. 

 295 ; low, disadvantage of, 322 ; proper par- 

 ing of, for shoeing, 334 ; washing of the, 

 producing grease, 294. 



Height of trotting horses, 64. 



Hellebore, white, used in inflammation cf the 

 lungs and fevers, 409 ; black, its use, ib. 



Hemlock, given in inflammation of the chest, 

 410. 



Henry, match won by, 57 ; height, 65. 



Heputic duct, the, 231. 



Hernia, the nature and treatment of, 240. 



Hide-bound, the nature and treatment of, 383. 



High-blower, a description of the, 195, 315 ; is 

 unsound, 392. 



Hind legs, description of the, 279. 



Hip-joint, the great strength of the, 280. 



Hips, ragged, what, 279. 



Hobbles, description of the best, 344. 



Hock, the advantage of its numerous separate 

 bones and ligaments, 290; capped, 278, 

 291 ; cow, ib. ; description of the, 285 ; en- 

 largement of tlie, nature of and how affect- 

 ing soundness, 286, 393 ; inflammation of 

 the small bones of, a frequent cause of 

 lameness, 286, 287 ; the principal seat of 

 lameness behind, 286 ; lameness of if, with- 

 out apparent cause, 290 ; fracture of, 330. 



Hogs' bird, properties of, 399. 



Hoof, cut of the, 295 ; description of the, 296. 



Horn of the crust, secreted principally by the 

 coronary ligament, 298; once separated 

 from the .'sensible part within, will never 

 again unite with it, ib. 



Hornet, sting of the, 225. 



Horse, the first allusion to him, 17; in Enghnd 

 and Amcficii, 17; English, 20; Biirb, 21; 

 the different cohiurs of the diflcrent breeds, 

 386; his fossil reni;iins lound in every part 

 of the world, 17, 31 ; tin; general manage- 

 ment of, 366; sublime account of, hy Job, 

 Id; first (iKtilion of race-horse in English 

 annals, 21 ; Arjibi.m r;icr, 27, 28; hciglit 

 of trotting, 64 ; price o'i in Solomon's time, 

 18 ; sriEfacify of", ib. ; can sec almost in Hark- 

 nesH, 88 ; Englisli, iniprdved under W'illianj 

 the Couqucror, 21, 22; zuological descrip- 



