INDEX. 



579 



Seeley's American Star, pedigree of, 

 474, 482 j character as a stallion, 482. 



Selima (imp.), 53. 



Sensation, nerves of, supplied to the 

 lips, 290. 



Servants' rooms in stables, 174. 



Setons, insertion of, 439. 



Seton needles, description of, 439 ; view 

 of, 439. 



Shakspeare (trotter), 471, 472. 



Shakspear, Capt, his description of the 

 Arab horse, 37. 



Shaving, 193. 



Sheaths, inflamed tendinous, nature and 

 treatment of, 314. 



Sherman, by Justin Morgan, 476. 



Shoe, clenches for the, 200 ; losing the, 

 200 j removal ef the, 199 ; view of a 

 sound fore foot prepared for the, 426. 



Shoeing, 422 et aeq. ; pricks in, 415. 



Shoulder, oblique, 22; remarks on strain 

 of, 317; symptoms of strain of, 317; 

 treatment for strain of, 317 ; upright, 

 lotion for galled, 22 ; galled, 317. 



Shouldering, the habit of, 245. 



Shoulder-joint lameness, nature and 

 treatment of, 305. 



Shying, management of, 243. 



Siam, the horses of, 44. 



Sidebone, nature of, 300 ; symptoms 

 of, 301; treatment of, 301. 



Side line, description and use of, 434. 



Sight, the organ of, 287. 



Sinews, strains of the back, 319. 



Singeing, 192; lamp for, 193. 



Sire and dam, relative influence of, 

 486; condition of in breeding, 500. 



Sir Harry (thorough-bred), by Messen- 

 ger, 472. 



Sir Henry (thorough-bred), influence 

 of upon trotting stock, 474, 481. 



Sir Peter (trotter), 471, 472. 



Sir Solomon, by Messenger (thorough- 

 bred), 472. 



Sir Tatton Sykes (English thorough- 

 bred), 63, 75. 



Sir Walter Scott (pacer), 479. 



Sitfasts, treatment of, 391. 



Size, importance of in the stallion, 486 ; 

 of the trotting horse, 495. 



Skeleton, the, 250 ; number of bones 

 composing the, 252; the artificial, 

 251. 



Skin, the organ of touch, 290; medi- 

 cines for disordered state of the, 448. 



Skull, treatment of fractures of, 310. 



Sleepy staggers (See Apoplexy), 380. 



Smell, anatomy of the organ of, 287. 



Soiling, 223. 



Sole, anatomy of the, 293; treatment 

 of bruises of, 416. 



Sontag (trotter), 479, 480. 



Sore-throat, treatment of, 350; treat- 

 ment of catarrhal, 327. 



Sovereign (imp.), 103. 



Soundness, importance of, in sire and 

 dam, 107, 486. 



South American horse, the, 45. 



Spark (imp.), 53. 



Spasm of the diaphragm, symptoms of, 

 348 ; treatment of, 348. 



Spasmodic colic, treatment for, 361. 



Spavin, nature of bog, 313 ; nature of 

 bone, 302 ; symptoms of bone, 303 ; 



treatment of bog, 313; treatment of 

 bone, 303 ; remedy for, 455. 



Speed of the Arab horse, 37 ; import- 

 ance of, in the stallion, 486 ; of the 

 trotter, 495. 



Spinal- column, bones composing the, 

 252 ; general anatomy of the, 252. 



Spinal cord, the source of the power to 

 move, 497. 



Spine, injury of the, causing paralysis, 

 380 ; fractures of the, 310. 



Spleen, anatomy and function of the, 

 283. 



Splints, definition of, 298; symptoms 

 of, 298; treatment of, 299; remedy 

 for, 455. 



St. Lawrence, influence of upon trot- 

 ting stock, 476 ; character as a stal- 

 lion, 476. 



Stable management, 177 ; vices and bad 

 habits, 202. 



Stables, aspect of, 156; doors of, 161 ; 

 drainage of, 163; coach house of, 

 174; chaff or grain shoots in, 160; 

 floors of, materials for, 161; enam- 

 elled tiles for, 172; fittings, 168; 

 foundations of, 157; gangway bail 

 for, 170; granary of, 160; ground 

 plans of, 174; harness room, for, 

 173; hay-chamber of, 159 ; lighting 

 of, 165; mangers for, 170; material 

 for mangers of, 170; necessity for 



