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INDEX. 



PAGE 



STABLE Tricks; crib-biting, weaving, pining, 



etc 157-159 



STALLION, Selection of, for breeding farm 70 



Teaching him to trot 71 



The best color for a 57 



The proper stallion to breed from. 56 

 STALLS, Arrangement of equipments........ 107 



STIMULANTS between heats. 869 



STONY FOUD, breeding farm 825 



STRIPE, Reasons for a falling off 411 



" STRIDES," Ad vantage of measuring 405 



STYLE .", 172 



SWEATING, A ppearance after, 299 



Between heats 272 



Change in the appearance of the 



sweat 262 



Design of the first sweats 115 



Difference of, between colts and 



aged horses . 291 



Dissertation on 258 



Effects- on the skin 262 



Effects on the blood, 263 



Horses may be too hot to sweat. . 274 



How to clothe 296 



How to feed the night previous. . 269 



Injury to the loins from 267 



Ita effect on the respiratory organs 259 



Local effect of 266 



Mash previous to sweating, how 



to make it 291 



Motion of the lungs and heart. . . . 260 

 Necessity for, and how to induce. 278 



Of Never Mind, the first one 296 



Preparation for and care after, 



necessary 117 



Purification of the skin from 287 



Kace lost by horse not sweating,. 275 

 Seasons for the system followed. 300 

 Recommendation of the plan 



given 260 



Scraping and rubbing dry.. 297 



The benefits of, on the internal 



economy 263 



The benefits of, to the muscles. . . 265 



The proper clothing for 115 



Time for, repetition of, etc 268 



Walk after the sweat 299 



Walkbefore. 295 



With hot air ; Black Maria's race 289 

 Work the day after 334 



TEETH, How to remedy their cutting the lips. 173 



TEMPER A horse takes his cue from the driver 283 



Importance of docility 88 



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THEORY of breeding. ............... ........ 896 



THROAT irritation taken for heaves ...... ... 19 



TRACKS, The narrow track an advantage in 



training ........... , ............ 79 



Best form, undulations, etc ......... 79 



Proper soil for... .................. 80 



The disadvantages of half a mile ... 79 



TRAINEES, Benefits of a liberal education. .. 219 

 Perplexities of ................. '.. 831 



TRAINING, Effects of bad weather ........... 833 



Intention of, definition, etc ....... 183 



Oats, hominy, corn and beans in . . 254 

 Old method of. .................. 91 



Physic .......................... 223 



Eetrospect of first part ........... 183 



The necessity for patience in ..... 42 



Water in, soft and hard, etc ....... 371 



TREATMENT of the horses in the first st;ige of 

 training .......... , ..... . ................. 137 



TRIALS .................................... 417 



TROTTER, How to feed before * trial ........ 418 



The proper form for a ............. 389 



TROTTERS, Different blood, of what families. 308- 

 Neeessity for " blood" in ......... 43 



TROTTING, How a horse moves his feet when 

 trotting .................................. 203 



On the ice ...................... 235 



Track ; construction of ....... 163-1 65 



and arteries ................. . ....... 203- 



Prominence of, in the thoroughbred . . 2*7 

 Superficial, and their uses .......... . . 287 



WALK before the sweat ................ ..... 320 



WALKING at the commencement of training. 93 

 Can be prolonged too much. ..... 185 



Effects of, change of location ...... 92 



Exercise, time occupied in the first 

 stage. ......................... . 137 



Importance of. ................... 92 



Old plan of walking horses. . , ____ 91 



Proper clothing during walking 

 exercise ........................ 92 



WALLOWING BED, advantages of ............ 295 j 



WATER, Regulating the amount given ....... 376 



WATERING after driving ............ . ....... 362 



WESTERN stables ........................... 51 



WET bandages, when they should be worn . . 113 j 

 WINTER-QUARTERS for a trotter ........... 48, 49 ; 



WINTERING, How to winter a trotter ...... 48, 49 1 ] 



WOMEN, trees and horses ................... 156 j 



WORK, Importance of regularity, change of 



location, etc ....................... 256 



In the mud, how to protect the horse. 419 



