.516 INDEX. 



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Calcutta, I'ace at, 23. 



Cart-Horse, (The) heavy less useful than lighter breeds, 155 ; 



requisites of the, 156 ; best breeds of, 157, 162, 163. 

 Caveat emptor, value of this maxim to purchasers of Horses, 



477 ; 'chaunting' unsound Horses, 503-505 ; the * fool-catcher,' 



511. 

 Charger, (The) as described by the ancients, 132, 133; fatal 



effects of cavalry officers not being properly mounted, 135 ; 



what a charger ought to be, 135, 136 ; how to manage him, 223. 

 Charles II. greatly improved the breed of Horses, 10. 

 Chaunting unsound Horses, this species of swindling described, 



503-505. 

 Check, maxims to be observed when it occurs, 468-471. 

 Clydesdale, famous for its Cart-horses, 157, 162, 163. 

 Clipping the Hunter recommended, 195, 196. 

 CoACH-HoRSE, (The) 138 ; the Gentleman's, his form and colour, 



140-142 ; the Stage-coach Hoi'se, improvement in his condition, 



142 ; necessary qualifications of, 143, 144 ; his pace, 145 ; 



diseases peculiar to, 147. 

 Cob, (The) 127, 128. 

 Cock-tail, (The) description of, 66-68. 

 Colour of the thorough-bred Horse, 64-66 ; of the Coach-horse, 



141, 142 ; of Fox-hounds, 349-351. 

 Cook (Colonel) on feeding Hounds, 347, 348. 

 Cossack Horses, beaten in a match by English, 25. 

 Covers, (Fox) observations on, 403-406. 

 Crib-biting m Horses, 492. 



Crossing Blood, effect of in Horses, 27 ; in Hoimds, 336. 

 Cry of Hounds, 351-353. 

 Cyrus, his love of Himting, 370. 

 Colt, maxims for rearing a racing, 37-41 ; for rearing a Hunter, 



78-80 ; purchase of Colts for Hunters, 80-82 ; fraud by which a 



three-year-old is passed off as a four-year-old, 498. 



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Dashwood, (Sir John) his excellent breed of Harriers, 359. 

 David, King of Israel, his ignorance of the use of Horses, 3. 

 Darley's Arabian, 9. 



Diseases of Horses hereditary, 34, 35 ; those peculiar to Coach- 

 horses, 147, 148. 

 Distemper in Horses, 42 ; in Dogs, 341-345. 



