INDEX. 



691 



feet, 47, 610 ; slowness' in adopt- 

 ing improvements, 365. 



Ruini, Carlo, treatise ^on Veterinary 

 Medicine, 450 ; method of dilating 

 the heels, 527, 



Runic inscription, 197, 207. 



Sacrifice of horses, 105, 107, 113, 



122, 2og, 



Saint Columba, 350. 



Saint Dega, 350. 



Saint Dunstan, 355. 



Saint EgAvin, 349. 



Saint Eloy, patron saint of farriers, 



203, 356. 

 Saint Patrick's smiths, 350. 

 Samothracian mysteries, 362. 

 Sandcracks, 477, 479, 503, 522. 

 Sanfarouche shoe, 570. 

 Sarmathians, 155. 

 Saxon shoeing, 276, 283. 

 Saxons, indifference to the horse, 



277 ; laws of, 278; hunting, 280 ; 



value of horses among, 281 ; 



weapons of, 282; graves, 283, 286. 

 Scarcity of horses among the Franks, 



155- 

 Scotland, Roman shoes found in, 



253; shoeing in, 289; bog-shoes 



worn in, 319 ; horses in, 434. 

 Scott, Sir W., on Welsh shoeing, 



271 ; ' Bridal of Triermain,' 273. 

 Screw-shoe, 449, 496, 534. 

 Sculptures, Greek, 29, 88 ; Roman, 



79, 82; Gallo-Roman at Vaison, 



149. 



Seated-shoes, 501, 512, 517; seat, or 

 richtung, 188, 199,492. 



Sebastian, St, 358. 



Serpent, with horse-shoes, 366 ; in 

 mythology, 368. 



Sewell, Professor, discovery of neu- 

 rotomy, 500. 



Sequani, ancient breeds of horses of, 



123, 140,324. 

 Shalokh, race-mark, 210. 



Shoes for general purposes, 661 ; 



best form of, 665, 

 Sigmaringen graves, 192. 

 Sigurd Jorsalafar and golden shoes, 



442. 

 Silbury Hill, remains found in, 241. 

 Silver shoes, 62, 64, 374, 440. 

 Single shoes found in graves, 192. 

 Size of old English horses, 435. 

 Skids for wheds, 328. 



Smelting, primitive iron, 174, 336, 

 354. 



Smith, Col, on shoeing, 82, 197, 

 207, .212, 213. 



Smith, C. Roach, on Vaison Monu- 

 ment, 149, 150, 153 ; on Hod Hill 

 relics, 261 ; Saxon graves,, 286 ; 

 hipposandals, 318. 



Snaffles, ancient British,* 239. 



Snow, socks for dogs, 27 ; use of 

 sandals in, 27, 319, 



Sogron, shoes found at, 185. 



Sole, protection of, 549. 



Solea; ferrea;, 61, 66, 85, 298, 306, 

 364; spartea^, 28, 35,68. 



SoUysel on farriery, 464. 



Somal, smiths outcasts among the, 



359- 

 Sonipes, as a designation for the 



horse, 44, 45, 46. 

 Sound of hoof as a criterion of qua- 

 lity, 21,23,44. 

 Spahis, unshod horses of, 1 1. 

 Spain, shoeing in, 223 ; supposed 



shoes of, found in Germany, 197, 



199. 

 Springhead, ancient shoe found at, 



247, 426 ; sandals, 314. 

 Spurs, Grecian, 32 ; Gaulish, 143 ; 



Roman, 263.' 

 Squire, duties of, 163, 373, 428. 

 Stables, management in, 49, 52, 55 ; 



Xenophon on, 23 ; Columella on, 



49; Vegetius, 55; in Java and 



Manilla, 9, 49. 

 Stallions, laws concerning, 160, 435. 

 Steel, early employment of, 337 ; 



shoes, 606. 

 Stirrups in Tartar tombs, 227. 

 Stott, derivation of word, 409. 

 Straw shoes, 90, 93. 

 Stuttgart, old shoes at, 199. 

 Suetonius, 63. 

 Suevi, cavalry of, 190. 

 Sufflamen, 328. 

 Sweden, antiquity of shoeing in, 198, 



207. 

 Switzerland, ancient shoes found in. 



144, 167. 

 Syrian shoes, 217. 



Tactile apparatus of sole, 652. 



Taillefer, at battle of Hastings, 345. 



Tamerlane, 225. 



Tarentum coin, 36. 



Tartar tombs, 225 ; songs, 228, 229. 



