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INDEX. 



One-year old, a, worked as a matm-ed 



animal 143 



Open railings are becoming general. 307 

 railings should i^artly form the 



partitions to loose boxes 307 



the stable doors during the night. 309 

 Order the groom to peep during the 

 night at the horse which is too 



tired to eat 352 



Original habitat of the equine race. 34 



Ould, the, mare 447 



Over-indulgence ruins the horse 454 



Oxyen,"^ different quantities of, in- 

 haled by different horses 402 



P. 



Pace natural to blindness is induced 

 by fixing the head with the 



bearing-rein 407 



Pad grooms, their weight, their 



qualifications, and their duties.. 334 

 Pail, a clean one, should be kept in 



every stable 178 



Pain consequent upon eating the 



stable diet 169 



expressed by any peculiarity in 



progression 103 



from strain on the ligaments oc- 

 casions inveterate kicking 271 



merely increases timidity 293 



Panic acts on horses as on men 226 



Paring the foot 102 



Parts affected in "kidney dropping" 270 

 Passion an evil quality in a groom.. 500 

 Pastern bones repose upon the back 



tendons 43 



play of,*in thorough-breds, proof 



of elasticity in the entire body. 115 

 the, are regulated by the flexor 



tendons 411 



the, should be judged by the 



swelling beneath the elbow 412 



Patented food, only the groom's se- 

 cret largely acted upon 166 



Patent foods 196 



safety-spring stii-rup bar 510 



trace shaft recommended in spinal 



disease 276 



Pattern of grating to put over gut- 

 ters 300 



Patience is more than a virtue in a 



teacher 457 



Pay a fair price for good a horse.... 375 

 Peculiar features of the fore limb... 409 



Peep, a, into a dealer's yard 305 



Peril of turning horses to graze with- 

 out removing the halters 225 



Perils attending fright in the stable.. 209 

 of modern coach-houses 323 



Period of gestation in the mare 448 



Permanent incisors come up in the 

 same canals as the milk teeth 



occupied 159 



molars are not perfected when cut 156 

 Perspiration implies cuticular ac- 

 tivity 345 



when excessive, greatly weakens 



the body 465 



Perversity of the old agricultural 



mind 447 



Petersburg oats.... 180 



Physic and its administration 53 



Pinning up subsequent to bleeding.. 92 



Pitiable "vice" in horses 254 



Place of birth, the, also regulates the 



kind of hoof. 413 



the, is cleared before the stable 



flooring is disturbed 249 



two powerful men to prevent the 



jibber bolting 283 



Plan of hot water service 322 



Points, their importance and their 



development 379 



made to screw on to shoe, a good 



substitute for roughing 129 



of the blood haunches 419 



Portrait of a one-year old 143 



Position of the bones in the straight 



shoulder 405 



of the foot casts the weight on 



difl"erent structures 253 



Posterior limbs have no motion or 

 sensation during a fit of kidney 



dropping 267 



Precautions necessary after bleeding 93 

 necessary when bleeding the horse 90 



Prejudices concerning blisters 80 



Prejudice concerning the ears of a 



horse 282 



declares in favor of a short neck.. 392 



Preparation for scurfy skin 337 



Prepared horse skin boot is the best 



application for cutting 123 



Preparing the lying-in chamber 440 



for the event 441 



Present mode of shoeing is a failure. 104 



Presents, occasional, to servants 493 



Price, the, of most carriages 477 



Pricking the foot when nailing 100 



Pride, the, of the trade 360 



Prime horses are often bought on 



speculation by dealers 376 



Prisons should be built to resist the 



captives' utmost exertions 219 



Probable result of a man enduring 



the horse's doom for one week.. 20C 

 Profit and loss of a dealer's estab- 

 lishment 360. 



Proper mode of preparing stems for 



food 177 



