INDEX. 



375 



Shoulder, muscles of, 209 

 ,, point of the, 21 

 „ straight, 211 

 Shoulders, action of, 82 



„ for fast work, 211 



„ heavy, 211, 212 



„ of antelope, 211 



„ of cart-horses, 73, 74, 209, 



210, 212 



„ of deer, 211 



„ racehorses, 210 



„ place for collar on, 212 



,, slope of, 63, 64, 207, 208, 



209, 210, 211 

 Shutter of camera, 344 

 Siberia, 288 



Sickle-hocks, 63, 235, 263 

 Side bones, 278 

 Side-saddle, 196 

 Sight, defective, 175 

 Sinews. See " Tendons." 

 Sirloin, 14, 64, 65 

 Skaters, 66 

 Skewbald, 242, 334 

 Skin, 14, 240 

 „ colour of, 243, 245 

 „ on croup, thick, 306, 335 

 Skye terriers, 248 

 Sleep, position in, 89 

 Sleeping standing, 80 

 Slippery ground, 56, 73, '^d 

 Snaffle, 86 

 Snewing, Mr., 298 

 " Snips," 248, 334 

 Snow, 355 

 " Sock," 248 

 Sole of foot, 23, 31 

 Somaliland zebra, 314-316 

 Sore shins, 7 



South Africa, 311, 312, 313, 316 

 '„ „ amblers in, 100 

 „ African horses, 149, 160, 265 

 281 

 „ American horses, 282 



Spanish walk and Spanish trot, 118 



Spavins, 7, 138 



Special creation, 320 



Speed, 96 



„ animals of, i 

 ,, causes of, 63 

 „ on leap, effect of, 132 



Spendthrift, 280 



Spinal column, 30 

 ,, cord, 42 



Spirit of the Times, 280 



Spiti ponies, 149, 288 



Splint bones, 22, 31, 320 



,, „ abnormal, 321, 322 



Splints (disease), 7, 207, 320 



Spokes of wheel, 355, 356 



Sprains, 116 



Springbok, 68, 131 



Sprinters, 3, 212 



Stamford, Lord, 298 



Standing at attention, 75 

 „ ease, 79 

 ,, automatic action in, 79, 80 

 ,, collectedly, 78 

 „ leap, 141 



Star on forehead, 248, 305, 334 



Starlight, 293 



Starting weight, muscles, 231 



'' Staying," 42, 198, 212, 263 



Steeple chaser, conformation of, 195 

 „ Irish, 344 

 ,, ,, shoulders of, 162 



„ „ special points of, 271 



,, „ swishing tail, 205 



