INDEX 



Accidents, blood-spavin, 373 ; bog- 

 spavin, 373 ; broken knee, 367 ; 

 bruised fetlock, 368 ; bruised 

 knee, 367 ; calking, 369 ; capped 

 hocks, 373 ; in training, 366 ; 

 sprains, 372 ; stabs, 370 ; thor- 

 oughpin, 373 ; to foot, 369 ; wind- 

 galls, 373 ; wind-puffs, 373 ; 

 wounds, 370 ; 



Acquainting, with buggy, 77 ; with 

 objects of fear, 85 ; with umbrel- 

 las, etc., 87. 



Action, 132 ; bitting for, 139 ; bit- 

 ting to improve, 134 ; brushing, 

 145 ; cause of heavy going, 133 ; 

 clicking, 143 ; conformation 

 favoring, 133 ; conditioning to 

 improve, 142 ; condition favor- 

 able, 134 ; curb-bit, 136 ; cutting, 

 145 ; defective, corrected by 

 shoeing, 141 ; exercise improves, 

 147 ; faulty, 143 ; faulty bitting, 

 146 ; faulty causes, 144, 145 ; 

 faulty overcoming, 144, 146 ; 

 feeding to improve, 143 ; forg- 

 ing, 143 ; high, 134 ; importance 

 of a good mouth, 136 ; improved 

 by curb-bit, 137 ; interfering, 145; 

 length of hoof, 141 ; over-reach- 

 ing, 143 ; shoeing to improve, 

 139, 146; striking, 145; weight 

 on shoe, 141. 



Age, by teeth, 364 ; to train coacher, 

 109 ; to train foal, 27 ; to train 

 horses for work, 46 ; to train to 

 jump, 174 ; to train roadster, 109; 

 to train saddle horse, 150; to 

 train trotter, 109. 



American Saddle Horse Breeders' 

 Association, 163. 



Appliances, 188 ; anti-switching, 

 267 ; bridle twitch, 200 ; caves- 

 son halter, 196 ; combination 

 bridle, 201 ; excelsior bridle, 193 

 fence-jumping, 277 ; gag, 200 

 Galvayne's training harness, 219 

 guy rope, 201 ; Hackamore bridle 

 196; halter-twitch, 198; head- 

 stall twitch, 199; hobbles, 206 

 kicking harness, 204 ; kicking- 

 reins, 202 ; kicking strap, 202 

 lead rope, 201 ; lip-twitch, 197 

 muzzle, 308 ; neck-cradle, 308 

 pulley bridle, 193 ; pulley bridle 

 modified, 195 ; Rarey's leg-strap 

 207 ; Rarey's safety harness, 208 

 Rarey's throwing harness, 212 

 rearing twitch, 200 ; rope halter 

 189; rope throwing, 216; shackles 

 221 ; straight-jacket, 221 ; twitch 

 191 ; war bridle, 191 ; war bridle 

 modified, 192 ; Yankee bridle 



189 ; Yankee bridle, modified 



190 ; wooden-gag, 200. 

 Army horse training, 177. 

 Artillery horse training, 177. 

 Association of ideas, 3. 

 Automobile, familiar with, 239. 



Back-band, 337. 



Backing, by pressure, 39 ; difficult, 

 causes, 263 ; difficult, overcome, 

 263 ; foal, 38 ; in stall, 297 ; in 

 stall overcome, 298 ; vehicle, 80 ; 

 when to teach foal, 38 ; with lines 

 and pressure, 81. 



Back-strap, 336. 



"Back," teaching foal, 42;' teach- 

 ing horse, 67 ; what it stands for, 

 100. 



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