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INDEX. 



Rugs, 31, 32, 35, 294. 

 Russia, cold in, 37. 



,, , horses in, 36, 37, 44. 



,, , watering horses in, 137. 

 Russian cab horses, 137. 



,, remount depdts, 199. 



,, stables, 199. 

 Rye, 63, 66, 167. 



SADDLE AFTER WORK, LEAV- 

 ING ON, 340. 

 Saddle, clipping under, 352. 



,, , lumps on back from, 334- 



,, , opening out trees of, 314. 



,, , riding without, 394. 



,, room, 245. 

 Saddles, cleaning, 360-363, 370. 

 Sainfoin, 62. 



Salicylate of soda, 57, 123. 

 Salicylic acid, 57. 

 Saliva, 71, 79-81. 

 Salivary glands, 71. 

 Salt for keeping down dust, 251. 

 ,, ,, melting snow, 39. 

 ,, in food, 99-102. 

 Salts, Epsom, 392. 

 Sand as bedding, 262, 274, 278. 

 Sandy soil for stables, 193. 

 Sawdust as bedding, 262, 264, 272, 

 275, 278. 



,, , carbolised, 259. 



,, for riding school, 251. 



Scissors, clipping, 254. 

 Second horseman, 399. 

 Servants, stable, 396. 

 Sharps, 161. 



Shavings, 273, 275, 278. 

 Sheath, cleaning the, 339. 

 Sheep not drinking, 138. 

 Sheringham's air inlet, 205. 

 Ship, horses onboard, 371-381. 

 ,, , ventilation on board, 208. 

 Shire horses, soil for, 121. 

 Shoeing, 343. 



Shoes are loose, seeing if, 344. 

 Shorts, 161. 



Sick box, 244. 

 Signorina, 59- 

 Sikhs, 19. 

 Silica in body, 5. 

 Silver, cleaning, 365. 

 Singapore, 17. 

 Singeing, 353, 354. 

 Skep, 253. 



Skin, 8, 9, 15-20, 70. 

 Slates, 221. 

 Sleeping, horse, 189. 

 Slinging horses, 374, 379. 

 Slings, 244. 



Slipping head-collar, 298. 

 Slope of floor, 196, 197. 

 Soap, 48-50, 360-362. 

 Soda, bicarbonate of, 123. 

 ,, in body, 5. 

 ,, ,, food, 65, 99, loo. 

 ,, ,, soap, 47, 49. 

 Soft soap, 49. 

 Soiling hunters, 387. 

 Soils for stables, 193. 

 Soja beans, 63. 

 Snow, 32, 35, 36, 39, 346. 

 South African chaff, 153. 

 Speed, 58, 59. 

 Spoke-brushes, 254, 367. 

 Sponges, cleaning, 370. 

 Stable impurities, 45, 201. 

 ,, routine, 382-386. 

 ,, utensils, 252. 

 ,, yard, 249. 

 Stables, 192-252. 



,, , aspect of, 193. 



,, , cubic contents of , 208. 



,, , damp, 198. 



,, , disinfection of, 258. 



,, , draughty, 200, 201. 



,, , drying new, 258. 



,, , floors for, 210-217. 



,, , ground surface of, 210. 



,, , hot, 197-200. 



,, , in storeys, 258. 



,, , lighting of, 209. 



,, , necessity of, 192. 



,, , plans for, 256. 



