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INDEX. 



T. 



Tails as denoting breed 387 



Tail, the, acts as the rudder of the 



body 380 



Take everything coolly when in a 



dealer's yard 374 



Tale, a, illustrative of patience 520 



Tapidum lucidum, its uses in the 



horse's eye 32 



Tares are good food 189 



Tax, a, is demanded on all that en- 

 ters or leaves the stable 330 



Tearing the clothing 287 



Teeth 133 



at advanced periods 161, 162 



at birth 139 



cannot be positively interpreted 



after the fifth year 163 



one fortnight old 140 



three months old 140 



Telescopic nature of the horse's eye. 33 



Temporary loose box 356 



molars, peculiarity in the shed- 

 ding of the 156 



Tempting position of the manger. ... 210 



Tendon cannot sustain pressure 254 



Ten o'clock duties 341 



Terrible consequences of thought- 

 lessness, or of parsimony 262 



Terror is never removed till the 



horse's spirit is broken 240 



is dangerous as the place of its 



exhibition is circumscribed 255 



mistaken for "vice" 109 



Test for "kidney dropping" 268 



Thickness of neck not an objection.. 389 



jaw caused by young teeth 142 



Things needed to dress a sensitive 



horse 289 



Thin heeled shoe pointed the toe 



upward, and did harm 120 



neck accompanies emaciation 460 



Btomachs often taken from the 



bodies of old horses 178 



walls, dif&culty of nailing a shoe 



on 100 



web to the seated shoe 117 



ear denotes goodness of breed 395 



Thinning the sole 103 



Thirst, a consequence of dry food... 167 

 Thorough-bred quarters express de- 

 termination 419 



Three purgatives cannot promote 



strength 465 



quarter shoe 116 



Time should be allowed for nervous- 

 ness to subside 240 



the, occupied in foaling is short... 439 



Times when the horse feeds 197 



Timidity flies from any danger 281 



Tips afi'ord all the protection the 



racer's foot requires 473 



Toe is cut and burnt when the horse 



shoe has a clip 108 



reasons for fixing nails into 113 



Toes, the, in the forefeet point up- 

 ward in the stable 243 



the, depressed in the gutter cause 



a luxurious sense of ease 256 



To fly from danger is an instinct in 



the horse 295 



make gruel properly 178 



Tool-house at the back of stables.... 318 

 Tools necessary for White's mode of 



roughing 130 



the, employed for carriages 480 



Too many classes swindle when 



horse dealing 269 



Tooth, its component substances 157 



Torture is a favorite mode of cure 



with grooms 287 



Town grooms inhabit impure rooms 



over the stables 328 



Trainer's, the, stables are foul 467 



Training and running are bad prep- 

 arations for paternity 429 



folly of the present system 187 



necessary for young horses from 



the country 366 



spoils the tempers of many colts.. 470 

 stables do not develop the true 



disposition of a horse 434 



Treading on an upright nail 101 



Treatment for jibbing 283 



for kidney dropping 268 



for rick of the back 275 



of the ass reprobated 47 



of the blood stallion 431 



of the heels when dirty 350 



proper for the blood mare 435 



Troughs are empty while the cistern 



contains some water 321 



Tuition should be daily till the sec- 

 ond year 459 



Turkish slipper, likeness to 102 



Tushes are affected by age 161 



are uncertain teeth in the horse... 150 



Twitch,- a, generally kept 74 



Two chains and a collar-strap are 



employed on some horses 217 



kinds of cutting 121 



men meeting on a hill do not re- 

 tain their relative positions 254 



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Uncertain which shoe will pr«vent 



clicking or forging 125 



Unclothing the beauty 376 



