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INDEX. 



of, 37; Capt. Shakspear's description 

 of, 37 ; the mare, 40. 



Molten grease, treatment of, 364, 



Monkey (imp.), 53. 



Moor-ill, symptoms of, 419 ; treatment 

 of, 419. 



Moorish horse, the, 17. 



Morgan horse the, 48, 482; Linsley's 

 description of the, 48. 



Morrill, pedigree of, 482. 



Morrill (Young), influence upon trot- 

 ting stock, 482 ; pedigree of, 482, 493, 

 oil. 



Moulting, periodical, 29. 



Mountain Boy (trotter), 473, 481 ; pedi- 

 gree of, 521.* 



Mountain Maid (trotter), 482. 



Mount Holly, by Messenger, 472. 



Mounting, directions for, 2;i0 ; ltarcy's 

 directions for, 232; liiehardson's di- 

 rections lor, 230. 



Mouth, the three-year old, 259 ; the 

 six-year old, 263; the five-year old, 

 2(.U ; the four-year old, 200; the three- 

 year old, 259 ; the two-year old, 259 ; 

 tho eight-year old, 203; of the very 

 old horse, 264; diseases of the, 350. 



Mucosa;, Burste, anatomy of, 271; in- 

 flamed, 314. 



Muscles, anatomy of, 270 ; diseases of ' 

 the, 311 ; appearance of to the naked 

 eye, 270 ; chronic rheumatism of, 312 ; 

 identical in composition with the 

 fibrine of the blood, 279; mode of 

 describing, 271; physiology of, 269; 

 diseases of, 311 ; rheumatic inflamma- 

 tion of, 311. 



Mustang, horse the, 46. 



Myron Perry (trotter), 504. 



Xani*v Pop];, by Havoc, 4S3. 

 Narraganset Pacer, the, 52. 

 Navicular disease, nature and cause of, 



409, 412; symptoms of, 410; treat- 

 ment of, 411. 



Neck, relative proportions of the, 21. 



Nejdi, a breed of Arab horse, 33. 



Nephritis, cause of, 369; symptoms of, 

 369 ; treatment of, 370. 



Nerves, the, 280. 



Nervous system, diseases of the, 375. 



Neurotomy, for navicular disease, 412. 



New York trotting club organized, 470. 



Nicking, operation for, 444. 



Nonpareil, by Cassius M. Clay, 4S2. 



Norfolk trotter, the, 89, 470. 



North America, wild horse of, 46. 



Nose, the, 287; diseases of tho blood- 

 vessels of the, 349; hemorrhage from 

 the blood-vessels of the, 349. 



Numidian horse, the, 17. 



Nymphomania., nature and symptoms 

 of, 374; treatment of, 374. 



Object of encouraging the breed of 

 race-horses, 58. 



(Estrus equi, history of the, 356. 



Oneida Chief (pacer), 479. 



Operations, 432 ; administration of 

 chloroform, 132 ; methods of confin- 

 ing the horse, 433; bleeding, 435 

 firing, 437 ; sctons and rowels, 439 

 blistering, 440 ; castrating, 141 

 nicking and docking, 444; unncrv 

 iog, 445; reduction of hernia, 415 

 administration of physic, 440 ; clys- 

 ters, 447 ; back-raking, 447- 



Ophthalmia, symptoms of purulent, 

 384; treatment of purulent, 4S4. 



Orange connty horse, the, 504, 506. 



Organs, classification of the various, 

 248. 



Original British horse, the, 17. 



Ossification of lateral cartilages, 301; 

 symptoms of, 301 ; treatment of, 301. 



Osteo sarcoma of the jaw, nature and 

 symptoms of, 308. 



Out-crossing in breeding, 104, 491. 



Over-reaches, stablo management of, 

 222 ; treatment of, 416. 



Ozena, nature of, 32S. 



Pacer, the Narraganset, 52. 



Pacers, 479 ; belonging to trotting fam- 

 ilies, 4 SO ; to teach to trot, 478; per- 

 formances of, 479. 



Paces, natural and acquired, 76 ; modes 

 of starting to the various, 235. 



Pacing, nature of, 90 ; close relation- 

 ship to trotting, 479. 



Paddock, the. for brood mares, 11 S. 



Pancreas, anatomy of the, 284. 



Paps, treatment of, 352. 



