6 THE HORSE 



CHAPTER VII 



THE SADDLE HORSE OR RIDER 



Hacks and hackneys — Manners — Vice — British bred horses — page 

 Height — Colour — Ponies — Plain and showy horses — Sound- 

 ness — The Cleveland Bay — The light van and tradesman's 

 horse — ^The hunter . . . . . . . -65 



CHAPTER VIII 



BUYING A LIGHT HORSE AND WHAT TO AVOID IN 

 SELECTING THE SAMEj 



Judgment — Source of purchase — Soundness — Welsh ponies — 



Points to note — ^Vice — Common afflictions •• . . -77 



CHAPTER IX 



THE AGE OF THE HORSE AS INDICATED BY THE 

 TEETH, ETC. 



How to distinguish horses of different ages — Physical signs of 



age — ^Teeth — Gums — Method of approximating age in horses 82 



CHAPTER X 



VICE 



Vice . . . . . . . . . . ♦ 91 



CHAPTER XI 



LAMENESS IN THE HORSE 



Predisposition — Acute or chronic — Searching for cause — Principal 



causes — Rheumatic arthritis — Dislocations and fractures . 93 



CHAPTER XII 



SHOES AND SHOEING PREPARATION OF THE FOOT 



Shoeing — The Farrier — Hot and cold fittings — Wear of shoes — 

 Machine-made shoes — Preparation of foot — Weights of shoes 

 — Nail holes — ^Leather soles — Frost nails — Lameness . 98 



CHAPTER XIII 



THE FOOT IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 



Sound feet indispensable — Concussion and bad shoeing — Grading 

 of feet — Various features in health and disease — Structure 

 of the feet — Laminitis or founder — General management — 

 and treatment — Navicular disease — Sandcrack — False 

 quarter — Canker of the foot — ^Thrush — Side-bone — Cutting 

 or brushing — Forging — Bruised heel . . . .102 



