INDEX. 



539 



Large lungs favor the increase of 



weight 401 



nostrils and mouth show breeding 



in a horse 397 



stables are generally well man- 

 aged 332 



Lying on the gangway 261 



Lead liniment softens the exudation 



after blistering 84 



Leanness of hay-fed horses ac- 

 counted for 189 



Leaping, how it should be taught... 461 

 Legitimate horse dealers, all have 



private yards 358 



as a body, are honorable men 360 



Legs, lower parts of the, contain no 



muscles to stimulate 82 



of the horse highly sensitive 79 



Legumens, sown broadcast and 

 reaped, form a better kind of 



hay 189 



Length of back is of no separate im- 

 portance 386 



Let no man talk about a "vicious 



horse" 295 



Licking the manger, an endeavor to 



make employment 204 



Life is fixed to no one condition 371 



Light draught horses can best dis- 

 pense with muscular loins 383 



generally stops the kicking in the 



night.. 227 



should always be present in the 



stable 228 



work need only exercise the mare 436 

 Lining of harness is soiled by bad 



grooms 505 



Liquid which drains from steamed 



food is a nutritious drink 186 



Liquor arsenicalis is good for the 



skin 290 



Load, the, being delivered, the heavy 



cart is trotted back 273 



Locality for the proposed stable 319 



Lofty crest, a, is best induced by 



proper food 460 



Loins, the, are without bony support 382 

 cannot be too large or muscular.. 382 

 transmit the force of the haunches 382 

 the spines of, and of the sacrum, 



point different ways 44 



Long and short legs, the value of 



each 405 



Loop, a, of string, used instead of a 



twitch 75 



Loose boxes eighteen feet square ... 298 

 would cure many "vices" of the 



stable 222 



shoes, perils of. 101 



Low-bred haunches express weak- 

 ness 418 



Lower jaw becomes sharp with age. 1<jo 



Lowland hay 173 



Lunging 451 



Lungs, capacity of, illustrated 19 



M. 



Mail phaeton, a, and four-wheeled 



dog cart 484 



Malt liquor, horses soon grow fond 



of 347 



Man alarms the horse by needless 



cruelties 263 



alone has conceived a life without 



a pleasure 206 



and horse supposed to change po- 

 sitions — the result 206 



could not create the perfection 



which he injures 44 



is not more gregarious than the 



horse ." 474 



is not more humane than formerly 381 

 is to blame for the horse's stable 



conduct 211 



neglects the life which cannot be 



repaired 234 



not fitted to exert absolute au- 

 thority 80 



and horse are not a match in 



strength. 521 



Man's fingers, a, cannot test the ex- 

 pansibility of a horse's foot 415 



resi^onsibility, how evaded 53 



senseless adherence to antiquated 



forms 452 



Manger, the, rope fastens the head 

 immediately under the opening 



to the hay-loft 310 



Manner of judging the limbs 423 



of using the blood can 92 



Manners, the, requisite in a horse 



dealer 361 



Many animals are ruined in the 



breaking 452 



animals become restless when 



clothed for the night 286 



artisans, conjunction of, to form a 



carriage manufactory 479 



grooms also expected to act as 



gardeners ■ 327 



horses are unable to pass through 



a stable door with calmness 239 



houses have doors far larger than 



any stable 235 



horses lamed by the wedge-heeled 



shoe 119 



muscles of the haunch rise close 



to the dock 387 



smiths will profess to cure click- 



ing 



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