326 
Barefooted horses, 313, 314. 
Baronet, 33. 
Bassett, Harry, 39. 
Battell, Mr. J., 121 
Bay, 80. 
Bay Fearnaught, 127. 
Beaufort, Duke of, 203. 
Beautiful Bay, 40 
Bedding, 131, 242, 288, 289, 293, 
204, 
Beer, 210. 
Belle of Wabash, 40. 
Bellfounder, 24, 26, 27. 
Belmont, 29. 
Benton, Gen., 83. 
Beverages for horses, 210. 
Billy Duroc, 34 
Blackhawk, Vermont, 36, 44. 
Black Joker, 142. 
Blacksmith, 131, 287, 313, 316. 
Blanketing, 299, 307, 317-319, 321. 
Blinders, 131. 
Bloody Buttocks, 41. 
Blue Bull, Merring’s, 47; Pruden’s, 
48; Wilson’s, 24, 48, 50. 
Blue Grass region, 161. 
Blunt, Lady Anne, 256, 257, 282. 
Blunt, Mr. W., 256, 257, 262, 266, 
271, 276. 
Bodine, 101. 
Bonheur, Mlle. Rosa, 208. 
Bonner, Mr. R., 31, 34, 35, 69, 82, 
316. 
Booker, Sam, 162. 
Boots for horses, 72, 90. 
Boott, Mr. J., 26. 
Borrow, Mr. G., 27, 116, 190, 191. 
Boston, 39, 53. 
Boston, city horses of, 210. 
Boston Fire Department, 229 et seq. 
Boston Girl, 127. 
Bran Mash, 241, 297, 298. 
Breaking, from a trot, 91, 94, 95. 
Brewers. See Lonpon Brewers. 
Brinker’s Drennan, 162. 
Broncos, 8, 167-171, 278. 
Bronco thoroughbreds, 171~178. 
INDEX. 
Brood Mares, 56-58. 
Brood Mare Sires, 56. 
Brooklyn Fire Department, 232, 
236, 241, 250. 
Bucephalus, 197. 
Bulrush, 126. 
Bunbury, Sir Charles, 51. 
Burdett-Coutts, Mr., 152, 189, 198. 
Bush Messenger, 33. 
Byerly Turk, 41, 51, 119. 
CaBELL’s LEXINGTON, 162. 
California Horses, 39, 82. 
California Stage Horses, 170. 
Cambridge Fire Department, 232, 
250, 
Canadian Horses, 126, 159, 162. 
Canter, the, 165. 
Capucine, 199. 
Car Horses, 212, 228. 
Carriages, early, 181; improvement 
in, 180, 203. 
Carriage Horses, 150, 178 et seq.; 
American, 195-199; clipping of, 
319-321; early, 183-185; im- 
provement in, 178, 183-187, 203; 
the primitive, 179, state, 184, 
189; as weight-pullers, 203, 204; 
See also CLEVELAND Bay, Cos, 
Hackney, YORKSHIRE COACH 
Horsr, and FrencH Coacu 
Horse. 
Cart Horses, 206 et seg.; beauty 
of, 206, 209; Blue Bulls as, 48; 
mechanically considered, 217; on 
the farm, 209, 225; pictures of, 
208; shape of, 217. 224; types 
of, 224. See also CLYDESDALES, 
PERCHERONS, SHIRE HorsEs, 
Surro.ik Puncu. 
Cart Horse Society, 214. 
Castianira, 52. 
Champions, the, 33. 
Grinnell’s, 33, 34. 
King’s, 34. 
Vermont, 139. 
