564 



INDEX. 



Dalmeny, 9 

 Dandy Dinmont, 338 

 Daphne, 159 

 Darwin, 334, 335 

 Deaf horses, 177 

 Dealers, Arab, 167 

 Deer, shoulders of, 211 

 Defenceless, 298 

 Definitions, 29 

 Deli ponies, 149, 288 

 Delphine, 179 

 Depth of chest, 28 



,, ,, body, 28 

 Derby, the, 9, 297, 298 



,, winner of the, 186 

 Derbyshire, Shire horses in, 247 

 Diagonals (legs), 95 

 Diaphragm, 46, 190 

 Digit, 320 



„ first, 303 



„ sixth, 322 



„ unity of, 338 

 Digitigrade, 328 

 Digits, conditions modifying number 



of, 336 



,, notation of, 332 



„ to decrease in number, ten- 

 dency of, 333, 336 

 Diophantus, 298 

 Dishing 251 

 Distribution of weight in horse's body, 



49 

 Dock, 26 

 Docking, 260 



Dog. See "Bulldog," "Collie," 

 " Dachshund," " Greyhound," and 

 " Poodle." 



„ -cart, traces of, 74 

 ,, conformation of, 3, 340 



Dog, mental capacity of, 44 



„ shoulder blade of, 210 



,, too tall, 148 



„ wild, 340 

 Donkey, weight-carrying power of, 210 

 Donkeys, 308, 309. Also see " Asses." 

 Dorothy, 159, 201, 278, 296 

 Dorsal, 29 

 Draught, 71, 232 



,, horses. See " Cart-horses." 

 Driving, 85 



Dry climate, effect of, 226 

 Dublin Horse Show, 358 



„ Society, Royal, 358 

 Duhousset, Colonel, 28, 345, 346, 351 

 Dun colour, 242 

 Dung, condition of, 256 

 Dust, 355 



Dutch farmers, 100 

 Dykes, Mr., 213, 248 



Eagle, breast-bone of, 4 



Ears, 94, 175 



Eastern blood, 14, 219, 265, 335 



„ horses, 219 

 East Indian horses, 149, 159, 264, 



265, 286 

 Ecka, 74, 264 

 Eclipse, 280 

 Egypt, asses in, 308 

 Elastic ligaments, 33 

 Elbow, 21, 31, 35, 216 



,, capped, 89. 

 Electricity, stimulation by, 62 

 Engadine, 287 

 England, 226, 242, 278 

 Enlargements, bony, 7 

 English horses, 149, 167, 176, 223, 



276, 277 



