INDEX. 



Abortion in Mares, 155 

 Action in Horses, 1719, 32 

 Administering Medicines, 223 



226 



Aftermath, 77 



Age of Parents in Breeding, 151 

 Agricultural or Draught Horses, 

 15 



, Varieties of, 1520 



, Prices of, 20 



Air (Fresh) in Stables, 4051 



American Mules, 189 



Artificial Grasses in use as Fodder, 



78 



Ass, The, and its Management, 

 185187 



in Agriculture, 186 

 Flesh of, 186 

 Food of the, 187 

 Load of the, 186 

 Shoeing of the, 187 

 Asses and Mules, Breeding of, 185 



197 

 in the East, 186 



Badly Ventilated Stables, Evils of, 



4547 



Bad Habits, 53 

 Bad-tempered Horses, 107 

 Balls, How to Give, 223 

 Bandaging Horses, 99 

 Barley as Fodder, 81 

 "Baulking" Horses, 181 

 Beans as Fodder, 81 

 Bearing-reins, 130 



, The "Gag," 131 



Bedding, 100102 



, Dangers of Foul, 101 



Big Clydesdales, 15 

 Bits, 109 



, Bad, 130 



used in Breaking Colts, 170 



in Use, 109, 130 



Bleeding or Haemorrhage, 235 



Blinkers, 132 



"Blown "Horses, 117 



Bog- spavin, 30 



Boiling Food, 84 



Bowels, Inflammation of the, 245 



Bran as Food, 81 



Bran Mash, 221 



Breaking and Training Horses, 165 



Breaking to Harness, 181 183 



Breastplate or Straps, 111 



" Breeching " in Harness, 129 



Breeding of Horses, 146 



, Age of Parents in the, 161 



, Crossing in the, 150 



, Mating in the, 148 



, Selection in the, 147 



of Hunters, 1 3 



Breeds of Horses, Various, 1 2 

 Bridles, Various Kinds of, 109, 



129 



Bridoon, The, 108 

 Broken Knees, 28, 33 



, Treatment of, 237 



Broken Wind, Cause and Cure, 



250 



Brood Mares and their Foals, 161 

 Brougham Horses, Description of, 



1314 

 Bruises, and How to Treat them, 



243 



"Brushing," 33 

 " Buck " Knees, 6 

 "Bunt," 72 



