INDEX 



331 



Shows, classes of, 296 



fitting for, 296 



horses for, 296 



purposes of, 296 

 Side bone, 149 

 Side or bearing rein, 275 



use of, 277 

 Silage, 242 

 Snaffle, 273 



jointed, 273 



four-ring, 273 

 Soiling crops, 242 

 Soundness, 141 



definition of, 148 



durability of equine machine, 149 



hereditary unsoundness, 189 

 rejection for unsoundness, 150 



significance of, 148 

 Soy bean hay, 240 

 Spavin, 149 

 Special bits, 274 

 Speed type, 39 



form of, 39 

 quality of, 40 

 runner, 40 

 temperament of, 40 

 trotter and pacer, 40 

 way of going of, 40 

 Speedy cutting, 31 

 Springs, 290 



first use of, 291 

 Stable management, 259 



care of feet, 261 



care of legs, 260 



clipping, 263 



clothing, 265 



grooming, 259 



hoof dressings, 263 



physiological movements of the 

 foot, 261 



shoeing, 261 



washing, 259 

 Stables, 247 



arrangement of, 247 



assignment of stalls, 258 



classes of, 247 



Stables, construction, 247 

 design of, 247 

 dimensions of, 248 

 doors, 253 

 interior of, 256 

 location of, 247 

 passageways, 253 

 quarters for breeding stock, 192 

 vices, 266 



wagon and harness rooms, 256 

 windows, 253 

 Stale bread, 239 

 Stallion, 191 



average of merit, 191 



care and management of, 196 



exercise of, 197 



feeding of, 196 



grooming, 198 



legislation, 188 



French system, 188 



ideals in laws, 189 



importance of, 188 



objects of, 189 



stallion license laws, 188 



suitable laws, 190 

 potency of, 212 

 regulation of service, 197 

 selection of, 194 

 service of, 196 

 service of colts, 196 

 sterility, 211 

 testing of, 194 

 the draft stalHon, 197 

 the Thoroughbred stallion, 19 

 the trotting stallion, 197 

 Stalls, 248 



bales, 249 

 bedding, 250 

 classes of, 248 

 dimensions of, 248 

 drainage of, 250 

 feed boxes, 252 

 floors of, 249 

 mangers, 252 

 partitions of, 248 

 ties, 252 



