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INDEX. 



lloacli backs are common on the 



Essex marshes 384 



generally spiteful 384 



have been used as hunters 885 



Rolling occasions the hind leg to get 



beyond the post of the stall 230 



Roof consists of two parts 314 



of the ambulatory, how supported 



and drained 302 



the, described 314 



Room for the night-watcher is sup- 

 plied with comforts 325 



Rooms at back divided from the sta- 

 ble by a stout wall 316 



Roomy mares are a mistake 429 



Roots are relished by horses 195 



Roughing, as generally performed... 128 

 Rough-riding is practiced at three 



years of age 147 



Rounded incisors would prevent the 



animal biting the grass 289 



Roundness of the jaw's lower mar- 

 gin during colthood 142 



Rowen hay 174 



Rules for selecting a sire 438 



Running away 294 



s. 



Sacrum, the, is one bone in the adult 38 

 Saddle-tree, a, with spring stiri'up- 



bar attached 495 



Saddlery and harness 494 



Safety is sacrificed by the violent use 



of the bearing-rein 407 



Sameness of diet deranges the diges- 

 tion 195 



of provender induces cutaneous 



irritability 286 



proves vice to be induced by dis- 

 ease or by instinct 295 



Sand in the eye, the horse protected 



against 35 



Savage horse, how to render quiet... 60 



Scene witnessed at Holloway 294 



Science has demonstrated the mews 



is an unhealthy abode 328 



and practice unite in estimation 



of the loins 383 



Scotland, the ass does not breed in.. 49 

 Scratching the ear often fixes the 



hind pastern in the collar-rope. 224 

 Screw shoe, folly and inhumanity of. 118 



Scroll-eyed hames 506 



Seated shoe 117 



Second crop of clover 175 



Secretions, though hard, are gov- 

 erned by the inward soft organs 118 



Section of a superficial gutter 299 



of the proposed stables 324 



See-sawing, or weaving, in horses... 205 



Segundo bit, the 523 



Senses, the special, assist one an- 

 other 398 



Serious accident to a cavalry officer. 272 



Servants exaggerate the master's 



behavior 202 



Seven o'clock duties 339 



Seventh year, the, should witness the 



active service of the horse 462 



Several diseases are almost peculiar 



to the rich 323 



Severity endangers man's property 



in the horse 255 



Sharp-pointed nail heads no efi"ect- 



ual substitute for roughing 129 



Shedding of the temporary molars.. 156 



Shelter and nurture are requisite 



for all young horses 429 



Sheltered ground between the gig 



and coach houses 820 



Ship biscuit proposed for horses' 



food 195 



Shoe is displaced by growth of horn 106 

 is wide enough if it supports the 

 wall 104 



Shoeing 95 



blamed for all the changes in the 

 foot 101 



Shoes act injuriously by confining 



the foot 472 



the, should be observed at the 

 time of purchase 424 



Short-necked horses cannot rest the 



limbs when at grass 392 



horses feed badly in the field 392 



Sides of the ventilator can be opened 



or closed at pleasure 315 



Sight should be obscured during the 



act of bleeding 91 



Sights of London streets 199 



Signs of old age in the horse 136 



Situation of the cistern 818 



Six o'clock duties 389 



Size and requirements of stable 



doors 307 



of less import than form of thorax. 403 



Skeletons in museums are never cor- 

 rect 408 



Skin and lungs sympathize with each 



other 344 



Slanting floors pervert the inten- 

 tions of bone and tendon 251 



hoofs are very bad 414 



pavement causes horses to stand 



across the stall 254 



shoulder, the benefits of 408 



Sliding mouth bit, the 524 



Slight movements excite the atten- 

 tion of a stabled horse 203 



Slipper shoe, first mention of Ill 



