Index 



379 



Catching a wild horse, 223 ; foal, 



28, 29. 

 Catch, troublesome, 285. 

 Cavalry horse training, 177, 178. 

 Cavesson halter, 196. 

 Centerpieces, 326. 

 Chafed legs, 375. 

 Chain bit, 320. 

 Chain center bit, 320. 

 Check-rein, 327 ; disadvantages, 328. 

 Children handling foal, 31. 

 Children's pony, 91. 

 Circus tricks, 183. 

 Classes of saddle horses, 167. 

 Clay mud pack, 127. 

 Clicking, 143. 



Clipping and blanketing, 361. 

 Coach bit, 320. 

 Coach, horse training, 108. 

 Coacher, action, 132 ; bitting to 



improve action, 134 ; brushing, 



145 ; clicking, 143 ; conditioning 

 to improve action, 142 ; curb-bit, 

 136 ; cutting, 145 ; defective 

 action corrected, 142 ; driving, 

 129 ; exercise improves action, 

 148 ; faulty action, 143 ; forging, 

 143 ; high action, 134 ; interfer- 

 ing, 145 ; over-reaching, 143 ; 

 shoeing to improve action, 139, 



146 ; striking, 145 ; training yard, 

 111. 



Collar, 73, 331; adjusting, 334; 

 fitting, 334 ; humane, 332 ; Irish, 

 333; metal, 331; pneumatic, 

 331 ; Sweeny, 333. 



Combination bridle, 201. 



"Come here," teaching horse, 55. 



Commands, teaching, 65. 



Confidence of foal, 31. 



Conformation for action, 133. 



Confusing a colt, 32. 



Cradle, neck, 308. 



Cribbing, 299 ; causes, 299 ; over- 

 come, 299 ; see Wind-sucking. 



Crowding, 282 ; overcome, 283. 



"Cruiser," 241. 



Crupper, 336. 



Cruppering, 70; difficult, 292. 



Curb-bit, 136, 320 ; advantages, 

 137 ; disadvantages, 137 ; famil- 

 iarizing the horse, 138. 



Curry-comb, 359. 



Cutting, 145. 



Daily program for a trotter, 125. 



Detroit bit, 320. 



Development, and exercise, 350 ; 

 and feeding, 352 ; and grooming, 

 357. 



Difficult, to back, 263 ; to crupper, 

 292 ; to bridle, 291 ; to groom, 

 288; to drench, 315; to harness, 

 290 ; to mount, 274 ; to lead in 

 doorway, 298 ; to shoe, 300. 



Domestication of horse, 30. 



Double, hitching, 84. 



Draft horse, how to drive, 94 ; 

 "steady," 96; signals, 96 ; train- 

 ing for, 93. 



Drenching, 315, 



Driving, 68, 129 ; careless effect, 

 131; efficient effect, 132; foal 

 with lines, 40 ; guide left, 65 ; 

 guide right, 65 ; holding lines, 

 131 ; horse with lines, 63 ; how 

 acquired, 130 ; position of lines, 

 132 ; surcingle, 64 ; when to 

 teach foal, 40. 



Dumb jockey, 139. 



Earbobs, 326. 



Early training, advantages, 110, 

 117; effect on coacher, 110; 

 effect on disposition, 117; effect 

 on roadster, 110 ; effect on trotter, 

 110; in harness, 118; objections, 

 43 ; value, 42. 



Educating, foal to back, 38 ; a loose 

 horse to follow, 55 ; by the 

 special senses, 7 ; to come under 

 shafts, 82. 



"Elastic" reins, 62. 



Endurance, increasing, 124. 



