INDEX 



Abdallah, history of, 472 ; as a stal- 

 lion, 473; inbred, 490, 491. 



Abd el Kader, on the Arab horse, 40 ; 

 on the influence of the sire and dam 

 respectively in breeding, 110. 



Abdomen, boundaries of the, 278 ; con- 

 tents of the, 279. 



Abdominal viscera, diseases of the, 350. 



Abyssinia, the horses of, 32. 



Accidents to the legs and feet, 413. 



Action, locomotive, of the various parts, 

 76. 



Administration of chloroform, 432 ; of 

 physic, 446. 



Africa, South, the horses of, 32. 



Age, shown by the dental system, 

 258 ; average, 28 ; best to breed from, 

 109. 



Ali Bey, his description of the modern 

 Arab, 33. 



Alice Carneal, 55. 



Alice Hawthorne (English thorough- 

 bred), 58. 



Alimentary canal, absorption of fluid 

 from, 280. 



Alteratives, action of, 448 j recipes for, 

 448. 



Amaurosis, nature of, 387 ; symptoms 

 of, 387 ; treatment of, 387. 



Amble, description of the, 95. 



America, South, the horses of, 45. 



American Eagle (trotter), 49. 



American Eclipse (thorough-bred), 

 pedigree of, 474 ; influence of upon 

 trotting stock, 474, 493. 



American Star (Seeley's), description 



of, 482 ; pedigree of, 482 ; as a stal- 

 lion, 482. 



American thorough-bred, the, 52; 

 stoutness of the, 54. 



American trotter, the, 50 ; essay on the, 

 467 et seq. 



Americus (trotter), 474. 



Anasarca, symptoms and treatment of, 

 419. 



Anchylosis, nature of, 298. 



Ancient methods of using the horse, 17. 



Andrew Jackson (trotter), by Young 

 Bashaw, as a stallion, 481. 



Anodynes, action of, 449; recipes for, 

 449. 



Antiquity, the Arab of, 16. 



Antiseptics, 450; recipes for, 450. 



Anti-Zumins, 451; recipes for, 451. 



Aperients, action of, 451 ; recipes for, 

 452. 



Apoplexy, nature of, 380 ; treatment of, 

 380. 



Apparatus for breaking to harness, 152. 



Arab horse, the, color of, 37 ; disposi- 

 tion of, 36 ; food of, 36 ; of antiquity, 

 16 ; the modern. 33 ; size of, 35 ; speed 

 of, 37; Abd el Kader's description of 

 the modern, 40 ; Ali Bey's description 

 of the modern, 33; Capt. Shakspear's 

 description of the modern, 37 ; the 

 mare, 40. 



Archer (an English trotter), 470. 



Ariel (thorough-bred), 472. 



Arsenic, the efi"ects of, 352 ; treatment 

 of the effects of, 353. 



Arteries of the foot, the, 295; of tho 



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