INDEX. IX 



Lame horses, cause of lameness 50-56 



London Bridge j ibbers 1 "^4 



Loose boxes ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• 5/ 



Moss peat bedding 5'^ 



Mares, treatment of during breeding and suckling 101, 102, 109 



Nag horses, special feeding of 12, 17, 28 



Nosebags, value and best way of using 28,29,36 



Nettle tea for horses 63 



Oats and other corn, staying properties of 25,26,27 



Ostlers' ideas of watering 41-43 



Oatmeal for horses 134 



Paving for stable floors . . . 



50 



Patent shoes • 98 



Pair horses, training of 121 



Resting horses in stable 57-60 



Roughing ^7 



Rugging the horse 88, 89 



Sloppy food 26, 27 



Straw for bedding 53 



Scurf, cure of ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• 63 



Scraping wet horses ... ... ... ... • • • • • • 64 



Sore shoulders, how to avoid 65, 94 



Singeing 70 



Swollen legs, treatment of 86 



Shoeing, farriers' blundering 95, 96 



Selection of breeding stock 102 



Spoiling horses, hoAv it is done 126, 129 



Shy horse cured 128 



Stable floors 137-139 



