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INDEX. 



Black (coat), 773. 



Blaze (mark of the head), 794. 



Blindness, blind horse, 57. 



Blinkers, 51. 



Bluod. Opinion of the laity, 397; origin 

 of the word, .'^98 ; definition and nature, 400 ; 

 whence derived, 401 ; artificial transmissi- 

 bility, 401 ; index of the, 402 ; horse which 

 has blood, 399; pure-blooded, 399; horse 

 which has too much, 411 ; in which the com- 

 mon element predominates, 412. 



Body, divisions of, 21; and members, 395; 

 ciliary, 48. 



Bordered, 793. 



Bounding, 575. 



Bow-legged, 2(59, 462. 



Bracliygnathism, 736. 



Brand (mark of identification), of the thigh, 

 243. 



Breast. Situation, limits, anatomical base, 

 form, width, 144; blemishes, 147; sharp,, 

 hollow, sunken, 144. 



Breeding, 403. 



Broken-down, 288. 



Broken trot, 522. 



Bruised sole, 388. 



Brushing, 506. 



Bucking, 575. 



Butteris. Cuts with the butteris, 336. 



Buttock, 237 ; point, angle, fold, 238 ; long, 

 well descended, short, round, salient, 242 ; 

 sharp, well furnished, 243. 



c. 



Calf of the leg, 248. 



Calluses, 108. 



Camper. Horse camped in front, 448. 



Canker, 337 ; behind, 459. 



Canon. Situation, limits, anatomical base, 

 279 ; role and action, 281 : form, direction, 

 283 : length, 284 ; width, thickness, 285 ; 

 fineness, neatness of outline, 286, 287 ; dis- 

 eases, blemishes, 287; meagre, narrow, 

 round, slender, 286 ; overreaching, striking, 

 287, fractures, 290. 



Canter, 527. 



Capellet, 270. 



Carcinoma, 181. 



Cataract, 56. 



Cavalry horse, 844; staff horse, 845; 

 troop horse, S46. 



Cavity, external dental, 597, 603 ; irregu- 

 larities of depth, 729 ; internal dental, 600. 



Cement, 608; radical, 610, 635. 



Centre of gravity. Determination in the 

 horse, 3 ; experiments of Kaabe and Bonnal, 

 6 ; of Morris and Baucher, 6 ; of Morris and 

 Bellanger, 8 ; Goubaux and Barrier, 9 ; dis- 

 jilacements, 478. 

 Certificate of description, 813; order 

 to be followed, 831 ; enumeration of points, 

 831 ; models, 819. 

 Chain, 807. 

 Champignon, 181. 

 Character, 403. 



Cheek. Situation, limits, anatomical base; 

 beauties, defects, 58 ; blemishes, 59 ; raising 

 of the skin, 645. 

 Chest. Definition, limits, anatomical base, 

 function, 157; beauties, height, 168; width, 

 159; depth, defects, 161; well descended, 

 158; narrow, long, 161. 

 Chestnut, anterior, 227; posterior, 279. 

 Chin. Situation, limits, anatomical base, 



diseases, blemishes, 68. 

 Choice of the horse, 886. 

 Choroid coat of the eye, 48. 

 Ciliary process, 48; body, 48. 

 Circled hock, 279. 

 Circles, of the hoof, 339. 

 Claudication, 558. 

 Close hocks, 463. 

 Closed (horse), in front, 146, 454; behind, 



462. 

 Coach-horses, 833 ; large, 834; small, 836. 

 Coats, division, 772 ; primitive, simple, 773 ; 

 composite, 775 ; mixed, 777 ; derived, 778 ; 

 conjugate, 782; spotted, 778; synoptical 

 table, 784 ; peculiarities, 786 ; of the head, 

 794 ; of the body, 796 ; of the members, 

 797 ; synoptical table, 800 ; causes of the 

 modifications of the coat, 799 ; index fur- 

 nished by the coat, 803. 

 Coffee-and-milk (coat), 774. 

 Collar, application of, 214. 

 Common horse, 399. 

 Compass of thickness, 373. 

 Compensations, 430; examples, 431. 

 Conjunctiva, 50. 

 Contact, 474; period of exchange of, 476, 



phase of, 195. 

 Contraction of the hoof, 337. 

 Coom, 182. 



Cord of the testicle, 177. 

 Corded lymphatics, 109. 

 Cornea, 48. 

 Corners (incisor teeth), 597; rasping of the 



superior, 770. 

 Corns, dry, moist, suppurating, 338. 



