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Index 



Balancing, 139, 303. 



Balker, how produced, 95. 



Balking, 249 ; causes, 249 ; over 

 come, 250, 272. 



Bandaging legs, 126. 



Bar-bit, 320 ; half check, 320. 



Bedding, eating, 312. 



Beery bit, 323. 



Bit, 56, 318 ; bar, plain, 320 ; Beery 

 323 ; chain, 320 ; chain center 

 320; classes, 319; coach, 320 

 curb, 136 ; Detroit, 320 ; fitting 

 60 ; fitting curb, 137 ; grasping 

 279 ; humane, 320 ; Imperial 

 320; importance of fitting, 318 

 J. I. C, 320; jointed cushion 

 320 ; kinds, 320 ; Liverpool coach 

 320 ; mouthing, 320 ; nodine 

 320 ; Norton, 320 ; perfection 

 320 ; plain jointed, 320 ; Racine 

 320; riding, 151, 320, Rockwell 

 320; Sanborn, 320; straight 

 cushion, 320 ; success, 320 

 teaching wild horse uses of, 233 

 training, 58 ; tongue lolling, 320 

 triumph, 320 ; U. S. Army, 320 

 victor, 320 ; wind-sucking, 320 

 Wilson 320; w-wire, 320. 



Biting, 292 ; causes, 292 ; over- 

 come, 292. 



Bitting, to curb-bit, 139 ; first time, 

 59 ; the horse, 57 ; to improve 

 action, 134 ; refractory horse, 

 233 ; stubborn horse, 233 ; uses 

 of bit, 61 ; wild horse, 233. 



Bitting-harness, 60, 139; "elastic" 

 reins, 62 ; "fixed" reins, 62; " run- 

 ning" reins, 62. 



Blanket, saddle, 153. 



Blanketed, 121. 



Blanket-fly, 347. 



Blanketing, advantages, 362 ; and 

 clipping, 361 ; the trotter, 126. 



Blankets, tearing, 307 ; tearing, 

 overcome, 308. 



Blinds, 325 ; on training bridle, 

 9. 



Blood-spavin, 373. 



Body-brush, 359. 



Bog-spavin, 373. 



Boils, shoe, 311. 



Boots, 114. 



Boring, 281 ; causes, 282 ; over- 

 come, 282. 



Boston hold-back, 338. 



Brass fixtures, 326, 



Breaking, 265. 



Breaking vs. training, 1. 



Breast harness, 335. 



Breeching, 338; "Pennsylvania," 

 338. 



Breed, on training, 47. 



Bridle, 318 ; adjusting, 59 ; blinds, 

 325 ; check-rein, 327 ; combina- 

 tion, 201 ; difficult, 291 ; ex- 

 celsior, 193 ; fixtures, 326 ; Hack- 

 amore, 196 ; pulley, 193 ; pulley, 

 modified, 195 ; riding, 151 ; 

 stripping, 283 ; tassels, 326 ; too 

 tight, 59 ; too loose, 59 ; war, 

 191 ; war, modified, 192 ; Yankee, 

 189; Yankee, modified, 190. 



Bridle-twitch, 200. 



Bridling first time, 59. 



Broken knee, 367. 



Bruised fetlock, 368. Bruised knee, 

 367. 



Brushing, 145. 



Brush system, 119, 124. 



Bucking, 276 ; causes, 276 ; over- 

 come, 276. 



Buck-jumping, 276. 



Buggy, acquainting with, 77. 



Calking, 369. 



Canter, 160 ; training, 171 ; three- 

 footed, 161. 



Cantle, 151. 



Capped hocks, 373. 



Care in training, 349. 



Caressing with whip, 83. 



Cars, familiar with, 240. 



Cart, familiarizing with, 77 ; for 

 training, 74 ; how to make, 74. 



