INDEX. 



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ABD ALLAH, Description of 808 



ALLONGING 170 



The colts in the snow 368 



ANATOMY, A knowledge of, necessary to un- 

 derstand the frame of the horse 228 



ANDREW JACKSON, Pedigree of 805 



ARIEL, Pedigree of 811 



Preponderance of Messenger blood . . 56 



ABTERIKS and veins 263 



BANDAGES, How to apply them after a sweat- 

 ing 299 



Length, breadth, etc Ill 



How to put on 114 



The duties of, wet and dry, etc.. 113 

 When they ought to be used for 



support 114 



BATH, Turkish or Koinan, benefit of 186 



BEARING or check rein, " Kemble Jackson" 



check 177 



BEDDING, Material of Straw, sawdust, sand. 294 



BEESWING 20 



BIT, Curb, practical exemplification of 181 



BITS, Different varieties of 175 



for sore mouths 183 



Leather and silk 177 



BITTING 169 



BLANKETING, when giving the first sweats.. 298 



BLINDERS, their uses 247 



BLISTERING 135, 136 



BLOOD, Benefit of 



Benefit of, in trotters 42 



Changes, how a rapid pace affects it.. 261 



BLOOD-HORSES, Longevity of 



BOLTING, Dangers of, how to remedy 47 



BOOTS, Contrivance to take their place 445 



For May-day 203 



BRAIN, The seat of nerve force 893 



Evidence of a large 895 



Large, necessity of 82 



BRAN and bran mashes 252 



BREAKING from a trot, importance of teach- 

 ing a horse not to break 83 



Importance of obedience to com- 

 mands 335 



Recovering a horse from a break 231 



Stallion 71 



BEBEDING, Advantages of a mixture of 



French blood 46 



The Messenger blood 308 



In, necessary to establish a fixed 

 type 58 



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BREEDING, Pleasure of 43 



BRIDLES, how they should fit 247 



BUILDINGS on breeding farms, adornments.. 67 



CALLUSES formed by pulling. 25 



CAMP Life. 29 



CARRYING the tongue out of the mouth . 182 



CAUTERIZING, The benefits of 419 



CHARMER and Betsey Malone 129 



CHIFNEY'S Instructions 177 



CLIPPER, Description and history of 44 



Grazing and alterative medicine for 



him 185 



His first brush 408 



How his legs will have to be treated 407 

 How to cure him of bolting and 



breaking 47 



The treatment pursued wit 886 



Want of condition, ailment, etc 45 



CLOTHING 114, 115 



After the sweat, and when cooling 



out 298 



For first sweats, amount of, and 



how to put it on 297 



Injury from using it too often 20 



COLIO, Poisoning horses with colic drenches 227 



COLTS, Breaking, first lessons 166 



By Andrew Jackson One-eye 805 



Fall and wi nter-quarters 60 



General description of the colts in the 



" Trial Stable" 217 



How a wild colt was broken 200 



How to be treated when yearlings. . . 124 



Learning young colts to eat 58 



Playing in the field 148 



Preparing fall pasturage for the wean- 

 lings 59 



Proper method of working 899 



Kemoval of parasites, mercurial oint- 

 ment 69 



Require cow's milk at times 70 



Scouring, remedies for 226 



Should be driven with and without 



blinds 248 



Stakes, the benefits of 142 



The care of them during the winter.. 68 



Uses of the check-rein 171 



Variety of food necessary 125 



When and how to wean 59 



Winter rations 60 



Wrong way of rearing 27 



CONDITION, tests of 881 



