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Index 



Saddle, 151, 337; cantle, 151; 

 fitting, 151 ; men's, 151 ; pommel, 

 151 ; women's, 151 ; stirrup,' 152. 



Saddle-blanket, 153. 



Saddle-girth, 153. 



Saddle horse, army training, 177 

 Breeders' Association, 1G3; canter 

 160 ; circus tricks, 183 ; classes 

 167; "dog trot," 173; foxtrot 

 165 ; fox trot training, 173 ; gaits 

 158; gallop, 160; guiding, 158 

 hand gallop, 161 ; high-school 

 training, 181; "jiggle," 170 

 jump, 166 ; jump, training, 174 

 lope, 160 ; mounting, 155, 156 

 157 ; picketing, 179 ; polo train- 

 ing, 179 ; pressure of legs, 157 

 rack, 163 ; rack, training, 173 

 riding bridle, 151 ; run, 160 

 running walk, 164 ; running walk 

 training, 172 ; saddle for, 151 

 "shog," 173; single-foot, 163 

 slow pace, 165 ; slow pace train 

 ing, 173 ; Spanish trot, 183 

 Spanish walk, 181 ; special work 

 179; three-footed canter, 161 

 training, 150, 171 ; training equip- 

 ment, 151 ; training to stand 

 176 ; trot, 160 ; trot, training 

 170 ; walk, 159 ; walk, training 

 168. 



Safety harness, 208 ; in horse train- 

 ing, 14. 



Sanborn bit, 320. 



Score, 128. 



Scouting horse training, 177. 



Scraped, 121. 



Scraping trotter, 126. 



Secure foal's confidence, 31. 



Self-punishing harness, 204. 



Senses, feeling, 7 ; hearing, 9 ; sight, 

 9 ; smell, 10 ; taste, 10. 



Senses and training, 7. 



Shackles, 221. 



Shackling a wild horse, 230. 



Shafts, teaching horse to come 

 under, 82, 



Shoe-boils, 311. 



Shoe, fitting, 140. 



Shoeing, 101, 122; difhcult, 300; 

 fitting the shoe, 140 ; to improve 

 action, 139 ; weight, 140. 



Shoulders examine, 73. 



Shying, 257 ; causes, 257 ; over- 

 come, 258. 



"Side wheelers," 164. 



Sight, limited, 9 ; requires training, 

 9. 



Signals, few, 16 ; make them under- 

 stood, 15 ; patience, 16 ; simple, 

 16. 



"Single foot," 163. 



Single, hitching, 24. 



Sit-fasts, 374. 



Sleeping standing, 313. 



Slow methods, 12. 



Slow pace, 165 ; pace training, 173. 



Smelling vs. feeling, 8. 



Smell requires training, 10. 



Snaring a^ loose horse, 224. 



Sores, care of, 74. 



Sore mouth, 57. 



Spanish trot, 183. 



Spanish walk, 181 ; described, 182. 



Special senses and training, 7. 



Speed-making lessons, 124. 



Sprains, 372. 



Spurs, 154 ; army, 154 ; English, 

 154 ; familiarizing, 154 ; patent, 

 154 ; plain, 154 ; racing, 154 ; 

 rowel, 155 ; unsteady under, 273 ; 

 uses, 154. 



Stable, switching tail, 314; trot- 

 ting in, 314 ; vices, 286 ; causes, 

 286; overcome, 286; whims, 286. 



Stabs, 370 ; treatment, 371. 



Stall, hanging back in, 297 ; re- 

 fusing admission, 286. 



Stand, refusing, 284; training, 176. 



"Steady," four uses, 80; teaching 

 horse, 80 ; what it stands for, 100. 



Stirrups, 152 ; military, 153 ; Ox- 

 bow, 153 ; safety, 153 ; slipper, 

 153 ; straps, 153 ; Texas, 153, 



