INDEX. 



425 



Foul Bheatb, 318. 

 French Coach horses, 235. 



draft breeds, 287. 



type of the (Illustration), 237. 

 French Government subsidies, 240. 

 Frizzled or curly horses, 186. 



Galloping mares before service, 169. 

 GaJton. Francis, on in-breeding, 47. 

 General characteristics of horses. 184. 

 General management of stallions, 104. 

 General principles of breeding, 11. 

 Generative organs affected by change 



of climate, 81. 

 Gentling the foal, 166. 

 German Coach horses, 291. 

 Gestation, period of, 154. 

 Godolphin Arabian, 198. 

 Good pedigree, what is a, 60. 

 Grass, effect of on breeding mares, 



182. 

 Grease, or scratches, In stallions, 112. 



Hackneys, 247. 



type of the (illustration), 253. 

 Hambletonians, 206. 

 Hambletonian (Rysdyk's), number of 



mares served by, 124. 

 Hardiness of thoroughbreds, 57. 

 Headstrong stallion, bridle for, 115. 

 Heat during pregnancy, 119, 168, 328. 

 Heat, or oestrum, of mares, 119, 168, 



328. 

 Herbert, H. W., on Cleveland Bays, 



241. 

 Hereditary Influence, extent of, 34. 



how far it may be depended on, 36. 



qualities, transmission of, 12. 

 Hernia, umbilical. 300. 



scrotal, 313. 



High feeding dangerous, 110. 

 Hobbles, to prevent kicking, 117. 

 Holland, importations from, 256. 

 Horse-breeding statistics, 124, 128, 133. 

 Horses, adaptation to locality, 21. 



for farmers, 101. 



modified by climate, 21. 



that will sell, 101. 



the breeds of , 184. 



types in general, 184. 

 Hue and Cry, 250. 

 Humidity, the effect of, 23. 

 Hygiene of the eye, 293. 



Imagination, effect of on color, 78. 

 Impregnation, causes of failure of, 14, 

 321, 347. 



influence of first, 66. 



may be ignored, 76. 

 In-breeding, 44. 



as Illustrated In the Ptolemys, 46. 



contradictions of, explained, 52. 



Darwin on, 61. 



effect of on hardiness, 56. 



Gallon on, 47. 



Herbert Spencer on, 50, 53. 



how far it may be practiced, 53. 



tendency of, 46, 55. 



when not dangerous, 58. 

 Increase in speed of trotters, 212. 

 Increasing flow of milk, 152, 159, 303. 



India, Northern, horses of, 185. 



Indian ponies, 292. 



Individual quality, transmission of, 



Inheritance in the human family, 12. 

 Inherited blindness, 295. 

 Infirmities transmitted, 92. 

 Inflammation of the penis, 311, 345. 



testicles. 311, 335. 

 Inflamed udder, 178. 

 Influence of first impregnation, 66. 



of the dam, 143. 

 Iniquities of fathers visited upon the 



children, 12. 



Injuries, external, to the stallion, 310. 

 Intestines, worms In the. 305. 



Jacks fighting with stallions, 141. 

 Kicking by mares, how to prevent, 117. 



Laceration of the perineum, 333, 399. 



of the rectum, 338. 

 Lanarkshire, horses of. 265. 

 Lassoing stallions, 141. 

 Law, Prof. James on diseases of breed- 

 ing stock in general, 293. 

 barrenness, 145, 347. 

 diarrhoea, or scours, in colts. 301. 

 eye, the, as affected by the teeth, 



298. 



eye, hygiene of the, 293. 

 hernia, umbilical, in foals, 300. 



are. diseases of the, 346. 



anldian monsters moles, 355. 



barrenness, causes of, 145, 347. 



bleeding from the womb, 396. 



castration of the, 346. 



constipation, 358. 



cramps of the limbs, 357. 



difficult parturition, 364. 



embryo torn y, 393. 



extra-uterine gestation, 354. 



first impregnation, influence of, 

 67. 



flooding, 396 



foetus, prolonged retention of 

 the. 358. 



gestation, extra-uterine, 354. 



labor pains, premature, 366. 



lamlnftis, or founder, 401. 



leucorrhoaa, or whites, 401. 



moles anidlan monsters, 355. 



natural presentation, 363. 



parturition, difficult. 364. 



parturition, symptoms of, 363. 



paralysis, 358. 



peritoneum, Inflammation of the, 

 400. 



pregnant, hygiene of the, 352. 



pregnancy, duration of, 350. 



pregnancy, indications of, 350. 



premature labor pains, 366. 



presentation, natural, 363. 



presentations, wrong. 386. 



retention of the foetus, pro- 

 longed. 358. 



sterility, causes of, 145, 347. 



teats and udder, diseases of the, 

 401. 



vagina, rupture of the, 399. 



