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CHAPTER VI 



DRIVING AND HARNESS 



Draught: Theory and Practice — Whiffle Trees — Poles — Loads — Overloading — Driving — Whips — Reins 

 — Hints on Tandem and Four-in-Hand Driving — Runaways — Notes on Treatment of Pullers — 

 Teaching Horse to allow Rein to be placed under Tail — Types of Harmless Horses — Types of 

 Vehicles — Anatomy of Shoulders — Collars — Sore Shoulders — Harness — Cruppers — Harnessing- 

 up — Harness Injuries — Bridles — Blinkers — Bits — Halters — Training Gear — Care of Harness . 63 



CHAPTER VII 



RIDING AND SADDLES 



Anatomy of Horse's Back — Backs — Pressure — Saddling — Saddles — Fitting Saddlery — Saddle Blanket — 

 Girths — Saddling-up — Sore Backs : Prevention and Cure — Cure of Galls — Seats — Hands — Treat- 

 ment of Refusers — Spurs — On Ladies Riding Astride — Paces — Conformation of Saddle Horse — 

 Curb Bits— Port — Curb Chains — Martingales — Cold Bits 76 



CHAPTER VIII 



STABLE CONSTRUCTION AND THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM 



Circulatory System — Respiratory System — Ventilators — Stable Impurities — Horse Urine — Light — 

 Roof — Walls — Doors and Windows — Coach-houses — Drainage — Damp — Sanitation — Heating — 

 Precautions against Fire — Improvements to Old Stables — Stalls and Boxes — Mangers — Water 

 Troughs — The Loft— Tying up Horses— Slings 91 



CHAPTER IX 



SURGICAL DISEASES, LAMENESS, TEETH AND CONFORMATION 



Lameness — Structure of Bone — Histology of Bone — Sprains — External Applications for Sprains — Ex- 

 ternal Counter-irritants — Blistering — Firing — Massaging — Diet when Suffering from Sprains — 

 Throwing a Horse for Operation — Detection of Lameness — Surgical Ailments : Sprains of Liga- 

 ments, Joints and Tendons, and their Symptoms and Treatment — Splint — Bone Spavin — Ringbone 

 — Sidebone — Sore Shins — Navicular Disease — Quittor — Bog Spavin — Thoroughpin — Enlarge- 

 ments caused by Serous Effusion — Capped Hock — Capped Elbow — Contusions and Bruises — 

 Brushing — Speedy Cut — Over-reach — Broken Knees — Open Joints — Fistulous Withers — Burns — 

 Frost Bites — Snake Bites and Stings — Lightning and Electric Shocks — Fractures — Dislocations 

 — Stable Vices — The Horse's Teeth — How to Examine Teeth — Table of Incisors — Age of Horses — 

 Photographing Horses — Conformation of the Horse — Structural Examination — Colour — Natural 

 Marks 100 



CHAPTER X 



PHARMACOPOEIA AND USES OF MEDICINES 



The Theory of Medicine — Notes on the Use of Drugs — Methods of Administering Drugs — Hypodermic 

 Injections — Use of Trocar and Cannula — Passing the Catheter — Poultices — Dosage — Pharma- 

 copoeia — Strength of Drugs — Useful Compounds to keep in Stock — Incompatability of Drugs — 

 Poisons and their Antidotes — Apparatus Kept in a Veterinary Pharmacy — Use of Purgatives — 

 Table of Weights and Measures — Glossary and Therapeutical Classification of Drugs . . . 123 



