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INDEX 



Champion Welsh pony mare, 129. 



Charles II., 39. 



Chase, A. C., 336. 



Chaucer, 70. 



Chillingham Park, 179. 



Cities' demand for heavy horses, 229. 



Cleveland Bay, discussed, 102. 



Climate, effect of, on conformation, 190, 

 the part it plays, 189. 

 severe effects of, on conformation, 

 191. 



Clyde Dunsmore, combination, 148. 



Clydesdale, 17, 31, 39; description of, 

 141; diminution of feather, 144 ; 

 Figs, of, 140, 142, 144, 146; Borth- 

 wick, Imported, 144; in Great Brit- 

 ain, 144; in the U. S.. 144; Lord 

 Stewart, Fig. of, 140; mare, 146; 

 origin, 141 ; wasp - waisted, 143 ; 

 weight of, 143. 



Coacher, trotters as sires of, 103. 



Coach-horses, 95; a good one, 101; carri- 

 ages for, 99 ; checked high, 96; Cleve- 

 land Bay, 100; description of, 95, 97; 

 desirable characteristics, 98; dis- 

 cussed, 95; for America, 99; for 

 leisure class, 96; size of, 95; uses 

 of, 97. 



Color of horses, 235. 



Colts, and the farm boy, 272; being 

 thrown, 279; building for, 335; cost 

 of, 269; cost of raising, 225, 269; de- 

 fined, 218 ; educate the farm boy, 273 ; 

 education, 275; education in detail, 

 276; fall, versus spring, 210; how 

 subdued, 280; in mixed husbandry, 

 269; plan of breeding, 211; presented 

 by father, 274; profits in raising, 

 271; ready for second lesson, 278; 

 receiving first lesson, 277; sale of, 

 213; two-toed, Fig. of, 239; versus 

 cows, 212, 270; when to breed, 211. 



Commoner's horse, 47. 



Computing rations for farm animals, 

 360. 



Conditions to be made superior, 194. 



Constipation, how relieved, 310. 



Cool stables, 338. 

 Cow-hocked legs, Fig. of, 238. 

 Cresceus, 74; Fig. of, 75. 

 Crossing, rules for, 196. 

 Crusades, 63. 

 Curtis, G. W., 159. 

 Custom of the road, 352. 



Dam and sire, influence of, 197. 



Damp stables, 338. 



Dan Patch, 80; Fig. of, 83. 



Demi-Sangs, 104. 



Denmark, foundation of saddlers, 88. 



Description of the horse wanted, 48. 



Discovering blemishes, 244. 



Discussion of feeding rations, 360-363. 



Domestication, 21. 



Draft breeds, 156; British, 156; French, 



156. 



Draft-colt, first lesson. Fig. of, 209. 

 Draft -horse, 139; heavy, 2; imported, 

 64; medium, 2, 5; in Great Britain, 

 30. 

 Draft, line of, 348, 349; Fig. of, 348; 



Fig. of, 349. 

 Driving badly, 288, 290. 



colts, 302. 



draft-horses, 314. 



farm-horses, 314. 



good and bad, 298. 



in Great Britain, 293. 



instructions, 287. 



jockey style, 300. 



plow-horses, 300. 



position of hands in, 299. 



pullers, 300. 



roadsters, 299. 



slack rein, 301. 



system of, 301. 



trotters, 299. 

 Duchess of Geneva, 52. 



pedigree illustrated, 553. 

 Du Hays, Charles, 31, 32, 156. 

 Dunsmore Combination Clyde, 148. 



Eads, James B., 177. 



Economical application of energy, 347. 



