INDEX. 



461 



PAGE 



LOCKJAW from careless shoeing 104 



Treatment of 105 



LONG and short horses 397 



MAMBRINO CHIEF, Pedigree 



MARE that would not stand, how she was 



cured 196 



MAKES, Accommodation for brood 68 



Breeding in and in 58 



Gestation and parturition, nursing. 70 



How to feed 



Proper manner of feeding brood- 

 mares ^ 59 



The proper kind to breed from 57 



"Winter quarters for 69 



MARTINGALE, long and short, their effects.. . 281 



Further remarks on 244 



MASH, how to make 291 



MAT-DAY, Appearance, description, etc 76 



Boots and rollers to prevent cut- 

 ting hind pastern 



Faults of her form 77 



Heavy shoes, the consequence of.. 841 



Her first drive 292 



Her manner of going, how to cor- 

 rect, etc 202 



Time of her first Trial 412 



M AVOURNKKN, Description of 81 



MKSSENGKR and his descendants 



History of, his location 319 



MUSCLES, Removal of fat from the interstices. 265 



NAMING Farms 



NARROWNESS of skull a token of want of 



sense 20 



NECK, Effects of sweating on 266 



Large neck, why it is prejudicial 267 



NEVER MIND, Description of 19 



Care and food after his first 



I" sweat 312 



Cuts his quarter, what occa- 

 sioned it 380 



Examination of him after the 



brush 271 



His condition . . * 431 



His first brush 257 



His first race 435 



His first sweat, how to clothe 



and treat 295 



His manner of walking 221 



Morning of the race 429 



Necessity for grazing 222 



Preceptor's opinion of him 



after driving him 199 



The trial of 427 



The work given him, appear- 

 ance, etc 885 



Treatment of the night before 



his first sweat 293 



Weight of shoe proper for him 97 

 Wins after a hard struggle and 



broken heats 448 



NOMENCLATURE 20 



OATS, Amount of husk 357 



Description of good, how they should 



be prepared 251 



Mixing hominy, the proportion, etc. . . 252 

 Reasons for mixing hominy with them 'J54 



When and how to feed 359 



OLD time trotters 821 



PAGH 



ORDER must be enforced in stable duties.... 117 

 ORIOLK .................................... 81 



PADDOCKS, How to construct ............... 58 



PHYSIC, Courses of, in the old system of 



training ............... ...... 222 



Danger of .......................... 48 



How it acts ....................... 228 



How to reduce a horse without phy- 

 sic ............................. 223 



Reason for discarding, in training... 222 

 PRAIRIE, A western ........ .' ............... 73 



PULLING horses, how remedy the evil ....... 176 



On one rein ....................... 180 



On the bit detrimental ........... 246 



QUALITY in horses ................. ........ 156 



QUEEN MARY ............................. 21 



RACE, After care, feeding, management, etc. 448 

 Care between heats .................. 437 



How to feed, etc., etc ................. 435 



Mornins at ......................... 441 



Never Mind's first race, description of 

 it ................................. 437 



Preparation for a ..................... 435 



RAREY'S plan of breaking will not always do 86 

 RESPIRATION ............................... 261 



ROADSTER, The model for a ................. 387 



RUBBERS, Qualification for good, ........... 109 



Benefit of encouraging them to 

 read ................ .......... 109 



RUBBING cloths, best material for ........... Ill 



RULES for the stable ....................... 108 



RUNNING, The sound made by horses' feet 

 when running ........................... 204 



RYSDYK'S Hambletonian, Pedigree of. ........ 804 



SAGO, Its uses .............................. 859 



SEASONING ...................... .......... 269 



SHAKSPERE'S description of a race-horse ..... 140 



SHOEING, Advantages of a swedged rim 



Difference of for various horses. 

 Effects of weight on the action. . 

 Form of the shoe, swedging 

 How the foot should be pared 

 Lockjaw from bad shoeing 



Manner of weighting to avoid hit- 

 ting the knee 



96 

 95 



98 



94 



97 



104 



99 



Plan of nailins, how to "clinch.".. 94 

 Shoe for the hind foot ............. 95 



Shoes and plates .................. 98 



Sole should not be cut ............ 97 



Singular instance, of lameness from 

 a "split nail" ................... 220 



SILVER LAKE, Pa., Description of ............ 190 



SKIN, How exudation takes place ........... 262 



SKEWERS, How they should be made, their 

 uses, etc .................................. Ill 



3MOKING not to be tolerated in the stable... . 81 



SPEED ensures bottom ........ .............. 141 



SPONGING OUT" .......................... 878 



STABLE, Arrangement of the horses in the 



"Trial Stable" ................... 106 



Furniture, rules, etc ................ 108 



How it should look, location, etc ---- 50 



Interior arrangements for twenty 

 horses ....... ~ ..................... 181 



Management ....................... 105 



Octagonal ......................... . 133 



Plan for a training stable ........... 180 



