CONTENTS. vii 



and Water Supply Ventilation and Lighting Stable Fittings- -Harness 

 Room Coach-House Servants' Rooms Ground Plans of Stables 

 Necessity for Airing New Stables 155 



CHAPTER XL 



STABLE MANAGEMENT. 



Theory and Practice of Feeding and Watering Dressing or Grooming 

 Clipping, Singeing, and Trimming Use and Application of Bandages 

 Management of the Feet Daily Exercise Proper Temperature of the 

 Stable Remedies for Stable Vices and Bad Habits Preparation for 

 Work Ordinary Sweating The Turkish Bath Physic Final Prepara- 

 tion Treatment after Work Summering Care of Saddlery and Har- 

 ness . . 177 



CHAPTER XII. 



RIDING. 



Mounting and Dismounting The Seat Management of the Reins Modes 

 of Starting the Horse into his Various Paces Riding to Hounds Out- 

 door Vices and Bad Habits . 230 



CHAPTER XIII. 



CLASSIFICATION OP THE VARIOUS ORGANS, AND PHYSIOLOGY OP THE SKELETON. 



Classification of the Various Organs Structure of Bone Of the Skeleton 

 in General The Artificial Skeleton Number of Bones composing the 

 Skeleton General Anatomy of the Spinal Column Of the Head and 

 Face Of the Thoracic Arch and Anterior Extremities Of the Pelvic 

 Arch and Hind Extremities Of the Tail Of the Fore and Hind Ex- 

 tremities considered as Organs of Support and Locomotion . . . 248 



CHAPTER XIV. 



THE TEETH. . 257 



CHAPTER XV. 



OP THE JOINTS AND MUSCLE THE TISSUES ENTERING INTO THEIR COMPOSITION. 



The Joints Cartilage Fibrous Tissue Physiology of Muscle . . .266 



