INDEX. 



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Abnormal condition of horn induced 



by the present mode of nailing 99 



Absence of the groom watched for... 255 



Accidents are more rare since muti- 

 lation is less common 381 



might be avoided by masters be- 

 ing more gentle 263 



occasioned by injudicious break- 

 ing 460 



Accomplishments which fit to take 



charge of a dealer' s yard 368 



According to the position of the el- 

 bow so the hoofs must incline.. 412 



Action natural to a slanting shoulder 408 

 necessitated by a straight shoul- 

 der 405 



often witnessed before private 

 cabs in London 407 



Actions of the dumb are likely to be 



misinterpreted 271 



Active animals are always disliked 



in the stable 215 



Activity constitutes the horse's 



pleasure 206 



Adapted for speed and exertion 19 



Additional bonds only provoke addi- 

 tional struggles 228 



Advantage of, and peculiarities of 



the new slipper shoe Ill 



Advantages and disadvantages of all 



horns to give drinks with 74 



of the tin bottle 75 



Advantages of having the stable well 



regulated 839 



of nailing the new shoe to the toe 113 

 of shoeing racers with tips 473 



Advantages secured by adopting the 



Ai-abian mode of nailing 105 



secured by movable mangers 191 



Advice to purchasers 121 



Afi'ections of the horse 201 



Aftermeath, orrowen 174 



Age ought to be accurately observed 147 

 renders the jaw-bone thin and 

 narrow 153 



rAM. 

 Ages have produced no change in 



the horse's treatment 223 



Agony is evinced by a "kidney drop- 

 per," when the spine is pressed 269 

 Air-passages, the, can alter their 



dimensions 25 



All animals are spoilt if too greatly 



petted 453 



in the same stable are subjected 



to the same usages 288 



creatures play with food when not 



hungry 213 



feeding and drinking compart- 

 ments should rest upon the 



ground 310 



hands should help the groom when 



the horse is exhausted 348 



horses are fully worked during 



the fourth year 150 



horses do not consume the like 



quantities of food. 197 



needful security assured by open 



trevises in private stables 306 



Alteration in the nippers consequent 



upon old age 136 



Alterations are made to suit the de- 

 clining breed of horses 432 



in the incisors 159 



Aloes, the retention of this medicine 



within the body 165 



become hard by keeping 67 



Aloes cannot be given to some horses 56 



often kill 56 



the purgative of the stable 54 



very uncertain in its action 55 



Always choose a horse having good 



haunches 418 



see the horse led out of the stable 278 

 Ambulatory, an, anticipates the ne- 

 cessity of mounting in the stable 310 



Anatomical considerations 18 



Anatomists, were horses extinct, 

 could tell their characters from 



their bones 17 



Ancient Arabian shoe 95 



Anecdote, about breeding horses 429 



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