INDEX 



Actinomycosis, 163 



Administering medicine to horses, 

 123, 124 



Affections of the respiratory and 

 circulatory systems, 164-72 



Age, 47 



Age as indicated by teeth, 82-90 



Agistment of horses, 25, 26 



Anatomical outlines of the con- 

 struction of the horse, 130-45 



Anthrax, 15 6, 157 



Arthritis in foals, 158, 159 



Azoturia, 181 



Bedding. 33, 34 



Blistering and firing, 124 



Bone-spavin, 192-94 



Breathing, 122 



Breeding heavy horses and the 



selection of sire and dam for 



this purpose, 56-58 

 Broken wind, 166, 167 

 Bruised heel, 120 

 Bursal enlargements or wind galls, 



190, 191 

 Buying a light horse and what to 



avoid in selecting same, 77-81 



Canker of the foot, 114, 115 

 Care of mare and foal, 59-64 

 Castration of colts, 126-28 

 Cataract, 221, 222 

 Catarrh, 147-49 

 Causes of laminitis, no 

 Cleveland Bay, The, 70, 71 

 Clipping, 20, 21 

 Clothing and bandages, 22 

 Clydesdale, The, 38-40 



Colic, 176, 177 



Collar and saddle galls, 209-1 1 



Colour, 47-55 



Common affections of the eye, 

 Some, 216-222 



Complaints of the digestive or- 

 gans, Some, 1 73-1 79 



Cracked heels, 212, 213 



Curb, 191, 192 



Cutting or brushing, 119 



Dam, Selection of, 56-58 

 Diabetes or excessive urination, 



181, 182 

 Diarrhoea in foals, 178 

 Digestive system. The, 143-45 

 Diseases of bones, joints, tendons 



and hgaments, 185-95 

 Diseases of the feet, 108 

 Dislocations, 223-28 

 Dressing for mange in horses, 205 



Epilepsy or vertigo, 184 



Eye, Some common affections of, 



216-22 

 Eyelids, Injuries to, 218, 219 



Facts of general interest, 121-29 



False quarter, 114 



Farmer's horse, 44, 45 



Feeding sick horses, 126 



Feet, Diseases of, 108 



Fever powders, 129 



Fomentations, 125, 126 



Forage, The horse and its, 26-33 



Forging, 119 



Foot in health and disease, The, 



102-20 

 Foot, Structure of, 104-108 



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