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Index 



Stallion Law — Continued: 



in New Jersey, 2U*J-212. 

 Wisconsin, Effects of, Dr. A. S. 

 Alexander, 213, 214. 

 Standardbred Horse, Carl W. Gay, 

 20-26. 

 characteristics, 25. 

 history, 21. 

 notable centers of breeding, 21, 



22. 

 notable strains, 23-25. 

 on New York State farms, 129, 



130. 

 recognition of, 22, 23. 

 State Fair, New York, Horses at, Dr. 



H. S. Wende, 193-206. 

 Statistics, 269. 

 Sterility, causes of, 16, 17 

 Structure of leg and foot, 168-173. 

 Subcutanous niallein test for gland- 

 ers, 230. 

 Suffolk horse, 91-96. 



breeding encouraged by wealthy 



men, 93. 

 characteristics, 94. 

 color, 93. 

 exportations, 94. 

 importation in New York State, 



96. 

 origin, 93. 



T 

 Teeth, Horses', Care of. Dr. C. W. 

 Brodhead, 183-186. 

 change in formation of, 11, 12, 



183. 

 conditions caused by imperfect, 



186, 191, 251. 

 filing off of, 185. 

 shedding of milk, 185. 

 wolf or rudimentary, 186. 

 Thoroughbred, N. C. Shiverick, 37-45. 

 care of foal, 45. 

 characteristics, 37-39. 

 foundation stock, 37. 

 intelligence, 41, 42. 

 prepotency, 41. 

 true type, 40, 41. 

 value of, for army purposes, 43. 

 Toe cracks, treatment for, 179. 

 Training the Colt, H. E. Hopkins, 

 161-166. 



Training the Colt — Continued : 



bitting and making mouth, 164, 



165. 

 driving with lines, 103, 164. 

 formation of habits, 161, 166. 

 gentling, 163. 

 hitching, 165, 160. 

 methods of, 161, 162. 

 teaching to lead, 162. 

 teaching to stand tied, 162, 163. 

 Trotting breeds, 20-26. 



V 

 Van Alstyne, Edward, Fall Versus 



Spring Colts, 155-160. 

 Vanderbilt, K. C, Hackney Breeding 



in America, 104-109. 

 Volgenau, Dr. E. L., Distemper and 

 Diseases of the Respiratory Organs, 

 241-250. 



W 

 Wade, :\Iiss J. M., The Shetland Pony, 

 67. 

 The Welsh Pony, 08, 69. 

 War, European, as incentive to horse 

 raising, 36, 43, 44, 134, 136-139, 

 155, 156, 205, 206, 222. 

 Water, dangers of ice-cold, 252, 257. 



necessity of sufficient, 255, 256. 

 Watering horses, best time for, 190. 

 Welsh Pony, The, i\Iiss J. M. Wade, 

 68, 69. 

 characteristics, 69. 

 history, 68. 

 in United States, 69. 

 origin, 68. 

 Wende, Dr. H. S., Horses at New 



York State Fair, 193-206. 

 West, Horse Breeding in East and, F. 

 Henry, 221-224. 

 limited supply of good horses in, 



136, 137, 221. 

 price of land higlier, 223. 

 Western horses, supply of, low, 136, 



137, 221. 

 Wheat bran as feed for horses, 189. 

 Wilkes strain, origin of, 23, 24. 

 Wisconsin Stallion Law, Effects of. 

 Dr. A. S. Alexander, 213, 214. 

 as means of increasing pure- 



breds, 214. 

 benefits of, 213. 



