8 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IX.— The Hokse's Foot ; Shoeing akb Cabb 10^ 



Anatomical Structure of the Horse's Foot. — How to Shoe a Horse. — 

 Defects in Shoeing. — Good Points in Shoeing. — Interfering. — Pumice 

 Foot. — OveiTeacUng. — Corns. — Sand Crack. — Care of the Feet. 



CHAPTER X. — ^Ailments AND theik Remedies 112 



Spasmodic Colic. — Flatulent Colic. — Inflammation of the Bowels. — 

 Care of the Teeth. — ^Lampas. — Cribbing. — Mange. — Rat's Tail. — ^Llce. 

 —Hots. 



PRIZE ESSAYS. 

 CHAPTER XI.— STABUNe, Feed and Care 121 



BT ISAAC FIOKEL, OHIO. 



CHAPTER Xn.— How to Select a Hobse and Keep it 13(1 



BY a. F. COLWELL, RHODE ISLAND. 



CHAPTER Xm.— Views of a Veteean 140 



BY A. B. ALLEN, NEW YOBE. 



CHAPTER XIV.— The Family Hobse in the Peaibie States U8 



BY FBSD OBUaSY, ILLIBOIS. 



