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INDEX 



Hansom-cab, 352; Fig. 95, 353. 



Harness, fitting of, 284. 



Hay, provision for, 345. 



Henry III., 64. 



Herbert, on the horse, 62. 



Hoppling racers, 85. 



Horses, abandoned by DeSoto, 34; 

 action of, 73; beauty of, 78; bred by 

 the commoner, 268; breeding, 267; 

 bones of, in Kirkdale cave, 35; 

 Conestoga, 35; care of legs, 294; 

 color of, 78; character wanted and 

 how procured, 46-47; days' work, 

 291; divided into groups, 237; Eng- 

 lish books on, 71; fat and lean, 

 281; feeding of, 281; for war pur- 

 poses, 104; fossil remains of, 34; 

 in France, 31; in Great Britain, 26; 

 grooming of, 292; guaranteed, 232; 

 imported, 64; imported by Colum- 

 bus, 35; in hansoms, 353; landed 

 by Cortez, 35; love for, 1, 3; modi- 

 fied by climate, 189; modified by 

 Puritans, 40; nondescript, value 

 of, 46; number and value, Appen- 

 dix IV., 388-392, saddlers, 71; siege 

 of Azof, 34; to Canada, 35; to New 

 York, 35; to Pennsylvania, 35; two 

 varieties, 122; use of, 41; watering 

 of, 290; when blanketed, 293; when 

 ridden, 72; when to clean, 295; 

 wild, 34; wild, of South America, 

 34; winter work for, 224; see, also, 

 Farm - horse, Draft - horse, Pony. 

 Roadster. 



Horse-power, 9, 10. 



Hunter, 30, 115; Canadian breeders of, 

 121; description of, 119; heavy 

 weight, Fig. of, 117; how trained, 

 118; investment required, 115; 

 number raised, 121; Ontario, Fig. 

 of, 120; Peer, F. S., 115; sires, 116; 

 thoroughbred, foundation of, 118; 

 Virginia, breeders of, 121. 



Illustration, value of, 151. 

 Imported horses, list of, 66. 



Importation, before 1776, 1; into Great 

 Britain, 26; United States, 5; laws, 

 64; of racing blood, 39. 

 Improvement, due largely to food and 



environment, 231. 

 infusion of better blood, 231 . 

 use, 231. 



of herd, how accomplished, 195. 

 discussed, 227. 

 Infantry-horses, 357. 

 Influence, relative, of sire and dam, 200. 

 Inheritance discussed, 185. 

 Inspecting the horse, 239. 



Job, tribute of, 69. 



Jockeying, 63. 



Joe Patchen, 80. 



Judging horses, 233. 



Julius Caesar, Welsh Pony. 132 



King James, 65. 



Large horses difficult to produce, 236. 

 Light vehicles, 352. 

 Lighting stables, 334. 

 Line of draft, 348; Fig. of. 348. 

 Live-stock registry. 381-387. 

 Load, how attached, 351. 

 Lord Stewart, Clydesdale, 140. 

 Lou Dillon, 74; Fig. of, 72. 



Major Delmar, 74. 



Mangers, construction of, 345. 



Manures, care of, 340. 



waste of, 341. 

 Martel, Charles, 156. 

 Maud S., 74. 



Mental and muscular efficiency, 188. 

 Morgan horse modified, 48. 

 Moses, genealogy of, 56; illustrated, 57. 

 Movement, Welsh pony, 131. 

 Mules, in United States, 12. 



Nature's modes of action, 178. 

 Neck, an all-embracing, Fig. of, 243. 



an undesirable, Fig. of, 242. 



of Goldsmith Maid, Fig. of, 241. 



