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INDEX. 



Art, truth in, 354-358 



Articulation, 29 



Artillery horses, 275, 280 



Artists. See " Painters." 



Asphalte, drawing loads on, 73, 86, 



214 

 Ass, Abyssinian wild, 30S 



„ colour of, 305, 334 



,, conformation of, 305, 317 



„ difference between horse and, 303 



,, domestic, 308 



„ domesticity of, 309 



„ hoofs of, 305 



,, in America, 309 



„ „ India, 309 



„ „ Spain, 309 



„ mental capacity of, 44 



„ pasterns of, 224 



„ Prejevalsky's horse and, 302 



„ " stars," " blazes," etc., in, 305 



„ varieties of, 308 



„ withers of, 195, 305 

 Astragalus, 32, 7°, 338 

 Atlas, 34 



Attachments of a muscle, 29 

 Attention, standing at, 75 

 Attitudes of horse, 75 

 Australasia, 279, 299 

 Australia, 226, 278, 301 

 Australian horses, 7, 149, 154, 223, 

 279 



ponies, 159, 296 



Back, 23, 199 



„ hollow, 199 



,, length of, 200 



,, tendons, 22, 38, 40, 116, 220 



,, „ parallel with cannon 



bone, 218-220 



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Badminton book, 297 

 Baggage animals, roach-back in, 199 

 Baker, Col. Valentine, 283 

 Ball and socket joint, 29 

 Baluchi horses, 149, 287 

 Baluchistan, wild ass of, 309 

 Ballet dancer, 252 

 Barbs, 159, 265 

 Barcaldine, 13 

 Barrel, roundness of, 191 

 Barroil, M., 356 

 Bars of the hoof, 23, 227 

 mouth, 19 



,, snaffle on, 86 

 Base of support, 57 

 Basuto ponies, 149 

 Bath, swimming, 58 

 Batthyany, Prince, 292 

 Baucher, 84 

 Bay (colour), 241 

 Bearing reins, 83, 214 

 Beauty in horse, 259 



„ line of, 259 

 Behind, broad, 13 



„ , narrow, 13 

 Belly, 25, 193 

 Bendigo, 13 



Bengal, horses bred in, 8 

 Bhootiah ponies, 149, 288 

 Biceps, 12 

 Big head, 168 



Billiaid table jumped by Howard, 68 

 Birds, breast-bones of, 4 

 Biting, mules, 93 

 Bit in jumping, severe, 137, 138 

 ,, effect of curb, 83, 252 

 Black, 241, 244, 245 



„ buck, 340 



,, ,, conformation of, 2, 157 



