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INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Ass, Nubian wild, 252, 330, 420, 651-654, 

 Figs. 402 and 614. 

 ,, , Somaliland wild, 330, 420, 654, Fig. 



615. 

 ,, , Syrian wild, 420, 656. 

 Asses, 207, 412-420,615, 651-657. 



,, and horses, differences between, 



412. 

 ,, ,, zebras, ,, ,, 



418. 

 ,, , classification of, 419. 

 Astragalus, 37, 42. 

 Athole garrons, 460. 

 Attention, standing at, 79. 

 Attitudes of horse, 79, 

 Australasian horses, 181, 431, 470-484. 



,, ,, good jumpers, 473. 



Australia, 299, 350, 410, 577. 

 Australian, 577. 

 Australian horses, 136, 292, 470-484. 



,, ,, , deterioration of, 478-482. 



,, racehorses, ages of, 484. 



Austrian horses, 526-530. 



babi<:ee, 555. 



Back, 17, 248. 



,, , muscles of, 42. 

 Back -sinews, see " Back-tendons." 

 Back-tendons, 16, 41, 44, 46. 

 Baghdadi Arabs, 601. 

 Bagual, the, 597. 

 Ballet-dancer, 349. 

 Baluchi horses, 182, 209, 630. 

 Bandicoot, Australian, 320. 

 Barbs, 423, 626-62S. 

 Barcaldine, 29. 

 Bars of the hoof, 17. 



,, ,, mouth, 13, 92. 

 Barss, 542. 

 Bashaw, 573, 574. 

 Basic slag, 410. 

 Basuto ponies, 182, 495. 

 Battak ponies, 397, 632. 

 Bay colour, 324, 325, 326, 332, 334, 446. 

 Bayadere, 504. 

 Bearing rein, 88, 91. 

 Beauty, 358. 



Beetewk horses, 402, 548. 

 Behring Strait, 692. 

 Belgian horses, 522. 

 Belgrave, Fig. 427. 

 Belladrum, 492. 

 Belle de Jour, Fig. 511. 



Bellfounder, 569, 590. 



Belly, 18. 



Bendigo, 29, 80, Figs. 50 and 51. 



Bending, Figs. [93 and 194. 



Bengal studs, 398. 



Biceps, 28. 



"Big Head," 194. 



Bill of Portland, 476. 



Bingen, 583, Fig. 570. ■* 



Birds, breast bones of, S. 



Bison, 411. 



Bit, severe, 158. 



Black Buck, 4, 143, 174, 316, 700, Fig. 1. 



,, horsg, 438. 



,, colour, 324, 326, 332, 336, 338, 



339, 446- 

 Blackberry, Fig. 580. 

 Blair Athol, 332. 

 " Blaze," 340. 

 Blitz, 176, 624, Fig. 593. 

 Blue grass, 407. 

 Blood, 46, 366, 431. 



,, in jumping, 162. 

 " Blowing his nose," 357. 

 Blue Bulls, 574. 

 Boat, see " Oar." 

 Bob, 176. 

 Body, comparative weight of, 186. 



,, , ,, depth of, 227. 



,, to be short, 227. 

 Bois-Roussel, 504. 

 Bokhara ponies, 612. 

 Bone, 24-26, 408. 

 Bones, 22-27, 35-38- 



,, of limbs, comparative length of, 

 186-190. 

 Bonnie Doo, 176. 



,, Scotland, 577. 

 Bookaretz, Fig. 546. 

 Bootiah ponies, 182. 

 Boots, 295, 588. 

 Bosnian ponies, 530. 

 Boston, pony, 578. 

 Boulonnais horse, 402, 410, 498. 

 Boxing, 33, 202. ■ 

 Brachycephalic, 424. 

 Brain, 47, 48. 



,, of horse, 49. 



,, , size of, 198. 

 Bravo, 471, Fig. 486. 

 Breast, 14, 243. 



Breathing as a sign of condition, 356. 

 ,, , forced, 51. 



