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INDEX 



[Numbers with P. preceding them refer to photos or drawings in the plates. Other numbers refer lo sections, not pages.] 



Roan Barberry, 19 

 Roaring, 603 

 Robe on horse, P. 24b 

 Rock salt, 126 

 RoUeston, Sir John, 695 

 Rollers, 214 

 Rolling, 220 

 Romans, 16 

 Roofs, 372 

 Roughing shoes, 852 

 Rowley, 700, 723 

 Rubbed tails, 246 

 Ruby R., P. 38a 

 Rugs, 212-4 

 Runaways, 266, 349 

 Running water, 389 

 Rupture of heart, 576 



of liver, 561 



of stomach, 546 



Ruskin, 726 



Russian horsemanship, 882 



Rutherford, 689 



Rye, 116 



Saddle fitting, 297 et seq., 314 

 gaUs, 294, 320-1, 323 



horse, 345 



, position of, 317 



, removing, 176 



Saddlery, care of, 292-3 

 Saddles, P. 74 



-, first, 16 



, storing of, 306 



• , structures of, 307 



SaddUng, 304-6, 319 



Saline solution, normal, 628 



Sallenders, 592 



Salt, 126 



Saltpetre (nitre), 162 



Sandcrack, 864 



Sanfoin, 137 



Sanitary paint, 380 



Sanitas, 799-800 



Sanitation, 226, 550 el seg. 



in camp, 180 



on board ship and train, 182 



Saprophytes, 775 

 Savigear, Prof. Alfred, 702 

 Schooling, 84 

 Scratches, 197, 592 

 Screens, fly, 366 

 Scythians, 11 

 Sea, horses at, 181 et seq. 

 Seating, 839 

 Seats, 324 cl seq. 

 Seedy toe, 867 

 Senses, 38 



Sensibility, degrees of, 764 

 Scpticsemia, 625, 808 

 Serous swellings, 441 

 Serum, anti-tetanic, 620 

 Sesamoid bones, 479 

 Sewing wounds, 809 

 Sexual intercourse, 821 

 Shakespeare, 699, 721 

 Sharpening shoes, 852 

 Sheath, 483 



, wasliing, 205 



Sheets, 211 



Shins, sore, 433 



Ship, horses on board, 181 et seq. 



Shires, P. 105, 115, 134, 136 



Shocks, 457 



Shoe fitting, 841 



Shoe material, 840 



, putting on, 845 



Shoeing faults, 854 



pricks, 855-6 



, principles of, 834 et seg. 



• , time for, 838 



tools, 857-8 



Shoes, P. 138 



and lameness, 415 



, examining, 229 



, , before riding, 331 



, first, 12, 17 



for winter, 852, P. 138 



, wear of, 173 



Shooting a horse, 765 

 Shortage of war horses, 19 

 Shoulder, 273, 478 



■ sprain, 424 



Shoulders, sore, 268 

 Shouting, 48 

 Showing a horse, 230 

 Shying, 66, 262 

 Side bone, 432 

 Side-saddle riding, 338-41 

 Sidney, 662 



Six-in-hand, P. 38c, 136a 

 Skin, 188 



diseases, 245, 589, 595 



, thickness of, 74 



Skuthorp, Prof., 81 

 SUngs, 394 



Slobbering, 539 

 Smelling, 39 

 Smith, Captain, 689 

 Smoking, 823 



in stables, 226, 383 



Snake bites, 456 

 Snapping, 465 

 SociabiUty, 53 



Soil, 379, 797 

 Sole of hoof, 828 

 Sore backs, 320 et seq. 



shoulders, 437 



shins, 433 



throat, 597 



Spanish Armada horses, 20 



horses, 18, 19, 25, 29 



Spavin, bog, 438 



, bone, 429-30 



Spearmint, P. 15b 



Speedy cut, 448 



Spleen, diseases of, 562 



Splenitis, 562 



SpUnt, 427-8 



Sporting and Dramatic News, 705 



Sprains, 397, 404, 417 



, treatment for, 421 



Spread of disease by flies, 646 

 Sprung-hock, 423 

 Spurs, first, 14 



, use of, 336-7 



Stable logs and cliains, 392-3 



plans, P. 84-87 



vices, 464 



Stables, P. 88, 89 

 Stage coaches, 21 

 Staggers, 614 



Stains, removal of, 202 



StaU, in the, 101 



Stalls, 385, 387-8 



Standard weights, 518 el seq. 



Stephen, L., P. 14b 



Stimulants, external, 407 



Stings, 456 



Stomach, diseases of, 544 et seq. 



Stomatitis, 537 



Stopping the feet, 227 



Stowage of forage, 149 



Straightening crooked tails, 650 



Strains, 397 



Strangles, 612 



Straw, 222 



Streets, 853 



Strength of drugs, 508 



Stringhalt, 622 



Structural examination of horse, 476 



Strychnine, 458, 768, 783 



Stumbling, 862, 879 



Subcutaneous injection, 493 



Submaxillary artery, P. 137 



Suffolk Punches, P. 127-129, 131, 132, 



135 

 Sugar, 124 



tests, 570 



Summary of docldng, 697 

 Sunstroke, 615 

 Superior surface, 403 

 Superiority, 58 



Surgery, aseptic, 802 el seq., 811 

 Surgical diseases, 417 et seq. 

 Suspensory ligament sprains, 417 

 Sutures, 806 

 Swedish horses, 30 

 Swimming horses, 185, P. 73c 

 Sympathetic system, 732 

 Synonyms of drugs, 507 

 Synovial enlargements, 437 



Tables of teeth, 471-2 

 Tacitus, 15 

 Tactile hairs, 235 

 Tall, banging the, 239 

 , care of, 198-9 



diseases, 245 



eczema, 591 



guard, 216 



, plaiting the, 243 



— — signs, 57 



- — , straightening the, 650, 759 



, the, 483 el seq , 631 



, thinning the, 240, 658 



, training horse to allow reins under 



270 



, use of, 635, 641, 653, 655 



, value of, 687 



Tails, rubbed, 246 

 ■' Talking " horses, 86 

 Tandem driving, 265 

 Tartary horses, 24 

 Tasting, 39 

 Tea, linseed, 120 

 Teasing, 90 

 Teeth, examining, 468 



, floating, 467 



, neglected, symptoms of, 467 



, number- of, 469 



, period of eruption, 471 



, the, 466 el seq. 



Temperature, 382, 532 

 Tendons, 479 



, back, 419 



Terry, 702 



Test for bladcbone and loin pressure, 



314-5 



, Harley's, 559 



, mallcin, 613 



, sugar, 570 



, Trommer's, 570 



, tuberculin, 610 



Tetanus, 619, 795, 808 

 Theory of bitting, 350 

 Therapeutical classification of drugs, 



530 



