INDEX. 



915 



Shoe, .'iSS ; wide-webbed, 328; semi-covered, 

 M29 ; covered (width of the branches of the 

 shoe), 329. 



Shoe-boil (fibrous tumor of the elbow), 221. 



Shoeing, 335 ;• accidents from, 335. 



Short-winded, 165. 



Shoulder. Situation, limits, anatomical 

 base, form, 201 ; movements, 202 ; length, 

 205 ; length in relation to the arm, 205 ; di- 

 rection, 207 ; scapulo-humeral angle, 209 ; 

 position, muscularity or volume, 212; dis- 

 eases, blemishes, 213 ; crest, point, 201 ; 

 angle blemish, 202 ; pegged, 203 ; long, 

 short, oblique, 204; vertical, 205; well 

 placed, forward, 212 ; well outlined, meagre, 

 lean, atrophied, massive, fleshy, thick, 213 ; 

 cold or pegged, 578 ; horse upon his shoul- 

 ders, 562. 



Shyers, 876. 



Side (mounting, left side of the horse), 22. 



Sides. Situation, limits, anatomical base, 

 form, movements, beauties, 152 ; round, flat, 

 incurvation, 153 ; length, 154 ; defects, dis- 

 eases, blemishes, 156. 



Silver (reflection), 786. 



Similitude of the angles, theory of 

 (General Morris), 365. 



Skipping, 527. 



Skittish, 43. 



Sneezing, 64. 



Snowballs (spots), 788. 



Snow-flakes, 788. 



Sole, of the foot, 378; bruised, 338; burnt, 

 336 ; heated, 336. 



Solid-colored, 787. 



Soot-balls, of the eye, 49. 



Sorrel (coat), 773. 



Sound of the frog, 182. 



Spavin, 273. 



Speed, condition of the motor for speed, 407. 



Splints, 288; chained, pegged, simple, 

 spindle-shaped, 289. 



Square horse, 391. 



Standard, 809. 



Station (attitude of the horse), 438; forced, 

 camped, gathered up, 440. 



Steeple-chaser, 827. 



Step, 475; length, 476; periods, 476. 



Stifle. Situation, limits, anatomical base, 

 244 ; neatness of outline, direction, diseases, 

 blemishes, 245 ; fold, 244. 



Strain, of the coxo-femoral articulation, 141 ; 

 of the loins, 585; of the shoulder, 214; of 

 the tendons, 288. 



Striking, 587. 



String-halt, 272, 579, 592; in front, be- 

 hind, 680. 



Strong-limbed, 243. 



Stud-book, 818. 



Stumble, 230, 577. 



Supernumerary digits, 281. 



Support, base of, 10. 



Supra -orbit. Situation, limits, anatomical 

 base, beauties, fraudulent practices upon, 47. 



Surfeit, 110. 



Suspension, of the body, 478. 



Sway-backed, 117. 



Swine-ear, 43. 



Switching of the tail, 173. 



Symmetry, beautiful, 343. 



Synovia (viscid fluid lubricating the articu- 

 lators). 



Synovial dilatations, of the hock, 271, 

 272 ; of the knee, 236 ; of the stifle, 245. 



T. 



Tail. Situation, limits, anatomical base, di- 

 visions, attachment, carriage, 168 ; state of 

 stump and hairs, 170 ; forms, 171 ; dressing, 

 172 ; movements, 173 ; diseases, blemishes, 

 174; frauds, 173; entire, with shortened 

 hairs, 170; short, full, banged, 171 ; bushy, 

 club-tail, rat-tail, 172 ; docked, 169 ; washed, 

 mixed, 797 ; examination of the nodes, 646. 



Teeth. Definition, number, distribution, 

 594; incisors, 597; canines, 619; molars, 

 621 ; eruption, 637 ; examination, 646 ; 

 characters furnished by the teeth, 648; 

 irregularities, 722 ; of number, 722 ; of form, 

 726 ; of fusion, 726 ; form of central enamel, 

 727 ; depth of infundibulum and its exter- 

 nal dental cavity, 729 ; defect of length or 

 excess of width of one of the jaws, 736 ; ex- 

 cessive or insufiBcient wear, 738; cribbing, 

 752 ; fraudulent means, 762. 



Teeth, foetal, milk, deciduous, 597 ; virgin, 

 603 ; wolf, 622. 



Temple. Situation, limits, anatomical base, 

 distinctness, freedom from blemishes, dis- 

 eases, blemishes, 46 ; gray temples, 47. 



Tendon, 283: well detached, 283; strains, 

 288 ; horse which has snapped a tendon, 288 ; 

 weak tendons, 285. 



Testicles. Situation, limits, anatomical 

 base, 176; examination, 177; beauties, 178; 

 diseases, blemishes, 180. 



Thigh. Situation, limits, anatomical base, 

 form, 237; movements, 238; direction, 239; 

 length, 242; width, thickness, peculiar 



