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INDEX. 



F^ietus, the, is injured by the mother 



being sucked while breeding. ... 445 

 Filse nostrils, situation, nature and 



uses of 25 



Fancy is most active in the weakest 



intellects 227 



Fangs of the milk teeth are absorbed 1 60 

 Farmers, the, idea of a breeding mare 447 

 Fat is laid on, although lameness 



exists in the foreleg 243 



is promoted by the food — horses 



are sweated to remove fat 467 



Faults inseparable from stables 233 



Fearful change takes place when a 



horse is "thrown up" to breed. 435 



Fed between the bursts 472 



Feeding of the grazing and the sta- 

 bled horse 429 



the mare 455 



the newly-born foal 443 



Feeling, instincts or inclinations of 



the hoi'se are never heeded 198 



Feet of farm horses are generally 



sound 246 



of thorougli-breds generally bad.. 115 



Felt under-pad 512 



Few gentlemen's stables are sup- 

 plied with the best grain 181 



grooms live in the house 327 



horse dealers die rich 367 



horses reach their thirtieth year .. 155 

 human beings should be exposed 



to the groom's temptations 330 



tails are well set oi^ 387 



Fleam, the, as made to be struck by 



the hand 89 



the, is preferable to the lancet . ... 89 

 the, described as used for bleeding 89 

 Field (newspaper) description of - 



roughing, from 129 



Fifth molar present by the second 



year 145 



Fired, sometimes, and blistered af- 

 ter it 78 



Fire has been kindled under a jib- 

 bing horse 281 



First crop of clover 174 



drops of blood taken from the 



forefoot are cold 243 



lessons in breaking should com- 

 mence with the foal 141 



permanent tooth appears at one 



year old 142 



the, harness put on a foal 456 



Fittings needed for the interior of a 



carriage 490 



of the sheltered space 320 



Five-feet wide doors do very well for 



sleepy animals 237 



Flattery is much relished by all 



lower life 456 



Flesh is only another name for mus- 

 cle 381 



Flexor muscle, the, influences the 



direction of the foot 412 



Flooring of the proposed stables 



described 298 



Foal first nips the grass when four 



months old 141 



one fortnight after birth 139 



the, may accompany the mare in 



her work 436 



Foals are generally crippled before 



they are born 428 



should be taught to regard men 



as friends 444 



teeth at birth 139 



Folly of docking 380 



of employing blisters to the legs.. 79 

 of ornamental scroll work instead 



of plain bars 306 



of tying a horse by its head to 



the manger 225 



Food 168 



for the foal if the mare's milk is 



tarJy 443 



not thoroughly digested when pre- 

 sented dry 165 



of horses is contaminated in mod- 

 ern stables 318 



proper for an exhausted horse 347 



should be proportioned to the ani- 

 mal's fatigue 351 



the greatest of many evils under 



which horses suifer 169 



when too abundant is wasted 212 



Foot, the, perspires through the horn 353 



Foreleg over the collar-rope 221 



Forelegs in the manger 208 



Forelimb is not a straight pillar 409 



the, is joined to the trunk by mus- 

 cle 41 



Forge, horse's dread of i 109 



strange custom of charging differ- 

 ent prices in 110 



the state of the, during a sudden 



frost 127 



Formation of the soil of stable 301 



Former shoes, unsuit for modern use 96 

 Form of thorax which is best suited 



for slow and for fast work 402 



the, of a mare for breeding 438 



Four fully-grown permanent incis- 

 ors only denote three years of 



age 147 



miles an hour is a fair exercising 



pace 305 



or five o'clock duties 341 



permanent incisors in each jaw 

 announce four years old 152 



