Index 



277 



Perclieron horses — Continued: 

 government control, 75. 

 origin of, 75. 

 Period of gestation, 149. 

 Pharyngitis, 244, 245. 

 Pneumonia, 24S-250. 

 symptoms, 248. 

 treatment, 249, 250. 

 Pony, The Shetland, Miss J :M. Wade, 

 67. 

 The Welsh, Miss J. M. Wade, 68, 

 69. 

 Prepotency, factors influencing, 16. 



of Ai-ab horse, 41. 

 Principles of Horse Breeding, M. W. 



Harper, 14-19. 

 Puncture wounds, treatment of, 180, 

 240. 



Q 

 Quarter cracks of foot, treatment of, 

 179. 



R 

 Railey, Mrs. E. C, The American 



Saddle Horse, 47-56. 

 Respiratory organs, diseases of, 241- 



250. 

 Reversion in breeding, 15. 

 Ringbones, 238, 239. 

 Roaring, cause and treatment, 245. 

 Roudebush, L., Care of Brood Mare 



and Her Colt, 148-154. 

 Roughage, inadvisability of feeding 

 large amounts of, 188. 



S 

 Saddle Horse, American, The, Mrs. 

 E. C. Railey, 47-56. 

 care of, 55, 56. 

 derivation of, 47-53. 

 exhibits at State Fair, 199, 201. 

 notable horses, 54, 55. 

 points of exciellence, 54. 

 utility qualities, 55. 

 Salt for horses, 190. 

 Scrub stallions, elimination of, 207, 



214. 

 Service of stallion, 142. 

 Shetland Pony, The, Miss J. M. Wade, 

 67. 



Shetland Pony — Continued : 

 characteristics, 67. 

 importations, 67. 

 origin, 67. 

 Shire horse, 100-103. 

 characteristics, 101. 

 distribution, 101. 

 importations to America, 102, 



103. 

 origin, 100. 

 Shiverick, X. C, The Thoroughbred, 



37-45. 

 Shoe boil, treatment for, 237, 238. 

 Shoeing, 174-179. 



improvement in, 175. 

 introduction of, 174, 175. 

 mules, 128. 

 poor, as cause of defects in feet, 



175, 177, 180. 

 to prevent forging, 180. 

 Sidebones, treatment of, 239. 

 Skim milk for young colts, value of, 



160. 

 Slanting shoulders in a hunter, 61- 



63. 

 Soundness, importance of, in breed- 

 ing, 17. 

 Spavins, 238. 

 Splints, 238. 



Spring Colts, Versus Fall, Edward 

 van Alstyne, 155-160. 

 advantages of, 19, 157. 

 care of, 19. 



popularity of, 156, 157. 

 Stallion, Care of the, J. CJeldcr, 141- 

 147. 

 avoid excess of fat, 143, 145. 

 desirable characteristics, 145, 



140. 

 handling of, 146. 

 light work desirable, 141. 

 scrub, elimination of, 207. 

 stabling and feed, 142. 

 Stallion Law, Enrollment, E. S. Akin, 

 215. 

 Need of a. Dr. W. G. Holling- 

 worth, 207-212. 

 how to bring about an effi- 

 cient, 207, 208. 

 in European countries, 209. 



