INDEX 



331 



Vehicle, springs, 290 



superior woods for, 291 



wheeled, 286 



wheels, 286 

 Ventilation, 254 



calculation of requirementsof, 255 



cubic air space, 255 



fresh air requirements, 254 



importance for horses, 255 



King system, 254 

 Vices, 266 



Walk-trot-canter horse, 59 



saddle bred, 60 



Thoroughbred, 60 



trot of, 59 

 Washing, 259 

 Water, 242 



allowance of, 242 



necessity for, 242 



public watering troughs, 243 



time to water, 243 

 Way of going, 17, 141 



action, 17 



defects and peculiarities in, 30 



factors determining, 23 



pace, 17 

 Weaning, 266 

 Weight, 45 

 Welsh, 135 



classification of, 136 



colors of, 136 



size of, 136 



type of, 135 



use of, 137 

 Wheat, 238 



Wheels, 286 



dishing of, 289 



experiments of Morin, 287 



resilience of, 287 j 



rubber, 287-291 



size of, 223 



staggered spokes, 290 



tire, width of, 223, 286 

 Whip, 280 

 Winding, 30 

 Wind sucking, 266 

 Windows, 253 



as inlets, 253 

 Winging, 30 

 Winkers, 279 

 Word, 280 

 Work, 222 



apphcation of power, 226 



attachment of traces to hames, 

 224 



collar, fit of, 225 



distribution of load, 223 



draft of load, 222 



duration of period of, 226 



factors determining, 222 



friction of box on axle, 223 



gravity, 222 



horse division, 49 



line of draft, 224 



rate at which load is moved, 225 



road bed, 222 



severity of, 222 



size of wheel, 223 



width of tire, 223 



Yorkshire Coach, 108 



