INDEX. 



FAOa 



A^ddentfl in Ladies' riding. . . 302 



A iaptation of Sire and Dam . . 35 



AiHcan Jack. 91 



Age of the Horse 101 



Age of a Horse, How to tell.. 115 



Amble, the 279 



American horses rarelj savagely 



vicious 151 



A ndalusian Jack 91 



A.pproaching the horse 324 



Arab Blood 68 



Axle, the 385 



Axle, the patent 386 



Axle, Stratton's Patent 386 



Axle, the Half-patent 387 



Back-strap of the Harness. .... 410 



Backing 253 



Balls, how to administer. . 178, 210 



Barbadoes aloes 178 



Barouche, the. 378 



Bars of the Foot 22; 



Baucher's Method of Train- 

 ing 152, 241 



Baulking 329 



Bit, the 409, 267 



" Palham 267 



" Hanoverian 267 



" plain Snaffle. 268 



" for Ladies' riding 295 



" and Bridooa Bridle. 246 



Bladder, Diseases of 181 



Blanketing 147 



Bleedmg. .., 193 



" instrument for 176 



" how performed 177 



PAOI 



Blindness, inherited 93 



Blinkers, the 408 



Blood, quantity contained i^i 



the horse 167 



Blood-spavm 114 



'♦ Blood," its definition Ifl 



" what it gives to the 



horse 20 



Blood, should be on the side 



of the Sire 21 



Blood less important in the 



Mare 26 



Blood from the Sire, beauty 



from the Dam 2tf 



Bloods which " hit" 4 



Body of the Carriage 391 



Body of the Harness 411 



Bog-spavin 114 



Bones of the Foot 223 



Breaking a horse, what it im- 

 plies 151 



Breast-plate 265 



" BreecMng up," definition of. . 39 



Breeching, the 411 



Brett, the 380 



Bridle, the 266, 401 



" the pulley 268 



" for Ladies' riding. ... 294 



Broken Knees lOt, 186 



Bronchitis 180 



Brood-mare, points of. 27 



Brougham, tho 379 



Buggy, the 381 



Caleche, the 878 



Canadians 41 



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