a, when sold should suit the purchaser, 361
dealers, 357
dealers are alive to the value of their stock, 379
dealers generally occupy the same place at successive fairs, 365
is intended to run unshod over grass land, 116
is very choice when eating grass, 170
its disposition should be studied, 77
lowers the head to feed and drink, 170
the, cannot turn in its stall without twisting the back, 279
the, has embraced its position, 252
the, has not changed with the mutation of society, 449
the, squatting suddenly like a dog denotes a kidney dropper, 267
knowledge is not a mystery, 524
Horses when they speedy cut are liable to fall, as though shot, 423
should be taken into use with bodies uninjured, 463
are always blamed for human carelessness, 234
are by grooms credited only with evil qualities, 216
are furnished with the means of self-injury, 262
are inclined to rest at mid-day, 468
are often captives for many days in the stall, 211
are put to the greatest exertion at five years of age, 153
are seldom dressed when brought home late, 230
are starved when confined to small stables, 81
body still beautiful even when the skin is removed, 45
can protrude their heads through the half-opened doors, 308
can see in comparative darkness, 228
dread the forge, 109
eating from the ground, require no hay rack, 310
eat various substances in different countries, 194
have no right to do as they like with their lives, 207
have perished from all four feet being blistered, 78
have to sleep on slanting pavement, 256
having wide hips and large thighs very seldom cut, 122
intended to breed should be tenderly nurtured, 435
lower the head while drinking, 76
must feel their captivity, 202
should be exercised on the premises, 304
slide backward on the slanting pavement, 259
the, painted by Stubbs, are lost to the present generation, 407
their rest broken by the inclination of their beds, 257
which kick when the foot is in the stirrup are often quiet
when mounted, 272
clothes generally much too short, 350
Horse flesh is being ruined by the race-course, 432
Hot-water pipes traverse the proposed stable, 322
How grooms contrive to spend so much money, 329
to examine for kidney dropping, 268
for the signs of cutting, 423
to feed a famished animal, 178
to feed a hunter, 471
to feed the mare and foal, 443
to make good gruel, 178
to macerate food, 190
to procure good oats, 182
to recognize a bishoped tooth, 134
Human child not a man when the permanent teeth appear, 152
Humanity in purchasers would destroy roguery in dealers, 425
Hunters, as a rule, are not kept by the London trade, 369
must be over four years old, 146
Hunting breast-plate, 511
I.
Impaling the foot on a projecting nail, 101
Imperfect vision renders a horse dangerous, 293
Importance of warmth to the horse, 322
Impossible to convince most grooms, 220
to make the teeth declare a horse older than it really is, 163
Imprisonment engenders eagerness to breathe the fresh air, 237
Improvement has not reached the jail of the horse, 297
Impure air, sameness of food, and confinement generate disease, 243
residence, an, generates a morbid craving, 329
In cavalry stables, horses are separated by bales, 307
Incisor teeth are not employed in the stable, 167
Incisors, the, which denote a three-year old, 147
Inclination of the feet of horses, 412
Incline of the superficial gutters, 301
Inferior margin of the jaw still thick at four years old, 151
oats possess the longest hairs, 183
specimens of oats commonly adulterated, 179
Injury done by boys who hold your honor’s horse, 124
occasioned to the crust of the hoof by nailing, 100
often done by the laws of the Jockey Club, 146
or blemish is feared by dealers as much as death, 366
Inquiry into the conduct of colt and groom, 209
Instinctive acts in man, 295
Instruction properly imparted does not strain the body, 461
Interior of the stable should be colored green, 316
In the end, it is cheapest to act justly, 331
field, horses rest with the hind legs highest, 247
stable, horses stand with the forefeet highest, 248
Inward soft organs govern the hardest outward secretions, 118
Irish horses are famed as good fencers, 462
Itching and scratching rank as vices in the stable, 223
J.
Jaw-bone becomes thin and narrow with age, 153
in early life, is full and round at the lower margin, 142
Jaw, the, of a two-year old intimates approaching change, 145
Jealousy regarding a choice colt, 376
Jibbing first alluded to, 280
is as common now as it was formerly, 286
is equine epilepsy, 280
most common in heavy and in harness horses, 282
Jobbing requires skill in placing horses, 368
Job masters assert the straight shoulder is the best for harness
purposes, 406
the, terms of, 368
Jockey Club, folly of its laws, 146
further alluded to, 163
Jolly fun of the trainer’s stable, 470
K.
Keep the stable-man to his duties, 355
Kettle, a two-gallon, wanted in every stable, 178
Kicker, a, and a biter, 434
Kickers often stand quiet when mounted on the opposite side, 273
Kicking in the night, 227
“Kidney dropping” is esteemed a terrible “vice”, 266
Kidneys, the, are not concerned in what is termed “kidney
dropping”, 270
Kiln-dried oats, to detect, 185
“Kim ovare”, 336
Kindle an opposite emotion and fear is destroyed, 293
Kindness preferable to any mechanical restraint, 61
is especially remunerative when bestowed upon the mare, 437
is responded to even when consciousness is partly lost, 283
Kinds of horn composing the wall of the hoof, 98
Know your own wants before a dealer’s yard is entered, 373
Konisberg oats, 180
L.
Labial action often mistaken in the horse, 524
Lachrymal gland, 35
Lad, a, should be allowed in every stable, 332
Ladies flushed from the ball-room often sleep in damp carriages, 323
patent stirrup, 514
Lady, the, and the magistrate, 164
Lady’s palfrey in the reign of Charles the Second, 422
side-saddle, 513
bridle is generally light, 517
“Lampas” explained, 157
Lamps, large and small, for a carriage, 492
Large lungs favor the increase of weight, 401
nostrils and mouth show breeding in a horse, 397
stables are generally well managed, 332
Lying on the gangway, 261
Lead liniment softens the exudation after blistering, 84
Leanness of hay-fed horses accounted for, 189
Leaping, how it should be taught, 461
Legitimate horse dealers, all have private yards, 358
as a body, are honorable men, 360
Legs, lower parts of the, contain no muscles to stimulate, 82
of the horse highly sensitive, 79
Legumens, sown broadcast and reaped, form a better kind of hay, 189
Length of back is of no separate importance, 386
Let no man talk about a “vicious horse”, 295
Licking the manger, an endeavor to make employment, 204
Life is fixed to no one condition, 371
Light draught horses can best dispense with muscular loins, 383
generally stops the kicking in the night, 227
should always be present in the stable, 228
work need only exercise the mare, 436
Lining of harness is soiled by bad grooms, 505
Liquid which drains from steamed food is a nutritious drink, 186
Liquor arsenicalis is good for the skin, 290
Load, the, being delivered, the heavy cart is trotted back, 273
Locality for the proposed stable, 319
Lofty crest, a, is best induced by proper food, 460
Loins, the, are without bony support, 382
cannot be too large or muscular, 382
transmit the force of the haunches, 382
the spines of, and of the sacrum, point different ways, 44
Long and short legs, the value of each, 405
Loop, a, of string, used instead of a twitch, 75
Loose boxes eighteen feet square, 298
would cure many “vices” of the stable, 222
shoes, perils of, 101
Low-bred haunches express weakness, 418
Lower jaw becomes sharp with age, 136
Lowland hay, 173
Lunging, 451
Lungs, capacity of, illustrated, 19
M.
Mail phaeton, a, and four-wheeled dog cart, 484
Malt liquor, horses soon grow fond of, 347
Man alarms the horse by needless cruelties, 263
alone has conceived a life without a pleasure, 206
and horse supposed to change positions--the result, 206
could not create the perfection which he injures, 44
is not more gregarious than the horse, 474
is not more humane than formerly, 381
is to blame for the horse’s stable conduct, 211
neglects the life which cannot be repaired, 234
not fitted to exert absolute authority, 80
and horse are not a match in strength, 521
Man’s fingers, a, cannot test the expansibility of a horse’s foot, 415
responsibility, how evaded, 53
senseless adherence to antiquated forms, 452
Manger, the, rope fastens the head immediately under the opening to
the hay-loft, 310
Manner of judging the limbs, 423
of using the blood can, 92
Manners, the, requisite in a horse dealer, 361
Many animals are ruined in the breaking, 452
animals become restless when clothed for the night, 286
artisans, conjunction of, to form a carriage manufactory, 479
grooms also expected to act as gardeners, 327
horses are unable to pass through a stable door with calmness, 239
houses have doors far larger than any stable, 235
horses lamed by the wedge-heeled shoe, 119
muscles of the haunch rise close to the dock, 387
smiths will profess to cure clicking, 125
things must change before present customs alter, 331
Mare, a, generally hardly treated, 445
Marks of the teeth are unworthy of dependence, 137
Macerating box for food, 190
Mastication a compound process, 155
Master and groom like a quiet stable, 203
May bird, 364
Medicine, the less the better during training, 469
Melton girth and martingale, 509
Men desire only to know the physical necessities and capabilities
of the horse, 199
who know nothing of such matters, order the building of stables, 234
Mesh-work of veins, a, lies under the secreting membrane of
the hoof, 245
Method of treating the newly-born foal, 443
Midst noise and bustle the horse dealer must be calm, 361
Might not Egyptian beans be grown in England?, 188
Miles’s works on the horse’s feet recommended, 415
Miniature dew-lap a good point, 400
Minor operations, 53
Mistake, the, of a summer’s rest, 464
Mode of dressing a wet horse, 349
of distributing food to restless horse, 312
of fastening the Arabian shoe, 100
of sitting the horse in the olden time, 450
Model foot, the, is not good in the author’s opinion, 414
Modern Arabian shoe, 95
carriages are fraught with danger to the upper classes, 323
mode of nailing, 97
stables as they may be adapted, 332
stables invite accidents, 262
Molars are not level in aged horses, 154
Molar teeth are not all of one size or the like form, 155
tooth of an aged horse, 159
Money does not constitute the entire price of a good horse, 375
is saved by encouraging habits of regularity, 318
paid to the job master, 369
sunk in stables is most remunerative, 298
More bonds do not destroy the desire to be free, 220
important portion of the groom’s duties, 343
Morning exercise should begin the day’s work, 340
exercise, the, is essential to the master’s safety, 334
Most corn-chandlers do not keep the heavier oats, 182
horsemen do not comprehend the utility of the neck, 389
masters only know their horses through the groom’s report, 222
people who buy and sell horses are cheats, 357
well-bred horses have stubborn necks, 390
Mother’s milk, allowed to the young, best secures development, 446
Motion and sensation of the hind limbs depend on the spinal cord, 270
of the quarters aids the pedal circulation, 114
Mounting a horse is a good test for its excellence, 417
Mouths, large, small, and dejected, 397
Movable and fixed ring, 507
manger, 191
Movement of the feet is regulated by the condition of the body, 126
Mr. Lupton’s recommendation of White’s method of roughing, 129
Mr. Percivall rode an animal shod with tips on the London stones, 116
Mucous membrane, when inflamed, greatly weakens, 465
Much would be gained if the reader only acknowledged the writer right
in theory, 463
is learned by watching the groom lead a horse out of the stable, 278
the same now as in the seventeenth century, 449
Muscles exist in pairs, 253
how these operate upon the eye, 33
the, of mastication force the venous blood to the heart, 23
Musty hay, 176
Mysterious conduct of grooms, 335
N.
Nags are now more ridden by others than by their masters, 334
Nails, reasons for driving into the toe, 113
Natural process of drinking described, 70
diagram, of, 71
Nature does not obey the laws of the Jockey Club, 146
has allowed vacant spaces to exist, so as to preserve the beauty
of the head, 27
pauses after the first year, 144
should decide the period of lactation, 446
Nature’s toil regulated by density of structure, 151
Nearly every man will sell his unsound horse, 269
Nearness to the heart does not explain want of sensation in
the foreleg, 243
Necessity for ascertaining the customer’s desires, 363
Neck, the, generally indicates the disposition, 389
Neglected foot of the ass, 102
Never buy a horse said to be equal to your weight, 418
decide upon the first trial of a horse, 373
enter the stable where horses are kicking, 227
finger the horse you mean to purchase, 372
leave the animal before the bleeding is finished, 92
lose sight of the horse you contemplate buying, 279
mount a strange nag in a crowded locality, 272
purchase a horse without a veterinary examination of it, 425
Newly, the, born foal, 442
New shoe, the, has many recommendations, 114
Nibbling the wood-work induced by enforced idleness, 204
Nicking was a senseless barbarity, 380
Night before the horse fair, 359
clothing, 499
the horse can see as well in, as the cat, 32
watcher, a, enables the food to be better distributed, 325
Nine o’clock duties, 341
Nippers is a misnomer when applied to the front teeth of the
stabled horse, 167
only inspected to ascertain the age, 137
No accident should teach a horse doors and pain are associated, 308
instrument formed of steel or iron should be permitted in
the stable, 335
jockeyism can foretell the attack of kidney dropping, 266
man can know all about the breeding of all animals, 427
means can eradicate the evils of stables while pavement slopes, 251
muscles present on the shin, 410
one would purchase, did horse dealers speak the truth, 360
teeth no horse, 133
unknown individual can pick the dealer’s stock, 375
wild horses are known to be in existence, 437
Northern extremity of the stables divided into three small rooms, 317
Nose alone breathed through, 69
Nostrils, the, indicate the dimensions of the lungs, 399
Novel use made of the manger, 210
Noxious atmosphere, a, compels the resort to stimulants, 329
O.
Oatmeal, good, described, 180
Oats are a most extravagant feed for horses, 194
are often moistened to increase their bulk, 185
best Scotch, 180
English feed, 185
English, from Canadian seed, 180
Finland black, 184
first class Swedes, 181
hair calculus, 183
Irish, bleached, 184
kiln dried Danish, 184
Konisberg, 180
light and heavy, 182
magnified English, 183
magnified musty, 189
new Irish feed, 181
Petersburg, 180
Scotch, second quality, 184
should be always bought by weight, 181
when musty are covered with fungi, 189
Observe that both shoulders are of the same bulk, 417
the eating capabilities of horses, 354
Objections to drinks, 73
Odd feet are evidences of former lameness, 413
feet are not uncommon among horses, 413
Ointment, blistering, is made with refuse flies, 82
Old English shoe, 96
hunter and young man’s steed, 464
One failing, the, of horse dealers, 360
kind of jibber stops suddenly and backs, 284
lateral incisor in both jaws declares a four-year old, 151
prime foal in two years may be better than four bad every year, 445
One-year old, a, worked as a matured animal, 143
Open railings are becoming general, 307
railings should partly form the partitions to loose boxes, 307
the stable doors during the night, 309
Order the groom to peep during the night at the horse which is
too tired to eat, 352
Original habitat of the equine race, 34
Ould, the, mare, 447
Over-indulgence ruins the horse, 454
Oxygen, different quantities of, inhaled by different horses, 402
P.
Pace natural to blindness is induced by fixing the head with the
bearing-rein, 407
Pad grooms, their weight, their qualifications, and their duties, 334
Pail, a clean one, should be kept in every stable, 178
Pain consequent upon eating the stable diet, 169
expressed by any peculiarity in progression, 103
from strain on the ligaments occasions inveterate kicking, 271
merely increases timidity, 293
Panic acts on horses as on men, 226
Paring the foot, 102
Parts affected in “kidney dropping”, 270
Passion an evil quality in a groom, 500
Pastern bones repose upon the back tendons, 43
play of, in thorough-breds, proof of elasticity in the
entire body, 115
the, are regulated by the flexor tendons, 411
the, should be judged by the swelling beneath the elbow, 412
Patented food, only the groom’s secret largely acted upon, 166
Patent foods, 196
safety-spring stirrup-bar, 510
trace shaft recommended in spinal disease, 276
Pattern of grating to put over gutters, 300
Patience is more than a virtue in a teacher, 457
Pay a fair price for good a horse, 375
Peculiar features of the fore limb, 409
Peep, a, into a dealer’s yard, 305
Peril of turning horses to graze without removing the halters, 225
Perils attending fright in the stable, 209
of modern coach-houses, 323
Period of gestation in the mare, 448
Permanent incisors come up in the same canals as the milk teeth
occupied, 159
molars are not perfected when cut, 156
Perspiration implies cuticular activity, 345
when excessive, greatly weakens the body, 465
Perversity of the old agricultural mind, 447
Petersburg oats, 180
Physic and its administration, 53
Pinning up subsequent to bleeding, 92
Pitiable “vice” in horses, 254
Place of birth, the, also regulates the kind of hoof, 413
the, is cleared before the stable flooring is disturbed, 249
two powerful men to prevent the jibber bolting, 283
Plan of hot water service, 322
Points, their importance and their development, 379
made to screw on to shoe, a good substitute for roughing, 129
of the blood haunches, 419
Portrait of a one-year old, 143
Position of the bones in the straight shoulder, 405
of the foot casts the weight on different structures, 253
Posterior limbs have no motion or sensation during a fit of
kidney dropping, 267
Precautions necessary after bleeding, 93
necessary when bleeding the horse, 90
Prejudices concerning blisters, 80
Prejudice concerning the ears of a horse, 282
declares in favor of a short neck, 392
Preparation for scurfy skin, 337
Prepared horse skin boot is the best application for cutting, 123
Preparing the lying-in chamber, 440
for the event, 441
Present mode of shoeing is a failure, 104
Presents, occasional, to servants, 493
Price, the, of most carriages, 477
Pricking the foot when nailing, 100
Pride, the, of the trade, 360
Prime horses are often bought on speculation by dealers, 376
Prisons should be built to resist the captives’ utmost exertions, 219
Probable result of a man enduring the horse’s doom for one week, 206
Profit and loss of a dealer’s establishment, 366
Proper mode of preparing stems for food, 177
treatment would be far the cheapest in the long run, 222
Properties of the horn forming the wall of the hoof, 98
Proposed stables are not to be measured by existing buildings, 297
Prolonged action is better than excessive labor, 468
Protect the points of flexion before blistering, 83
Proved, that the horse cannot be vicious, 264
Provision against the ravenous feeding horse, 312
Prudence is banished by joy when the horse is leaving the stables, 237
Puller, a, is always a dangerous servant, 398
Pumping action necessary for the circulation of the foot, 246
Punish the smith who injures the hoof to fix on to it a
small shoe, 131
Pupil of the horse’s eye not circular, 31
Purchases necessary when the horse is started, 497
Pure breeds often have bulging, frontal sinuses, 394
Purpose of the pastern joints, 411
Q.
Qualifications of the author to descant on breeding, 427
Quarrels are provoked by narrow doorways, 236
between horse and driver generally end fatally, 264
Quarters, hind, the seat of propulsion, 45
Quarters of the hoof are left free by nailing the new shoe to
the toe, 114
Quiet method of giving a drink, 77
mode of giving a ball, 67
Quietude and darkness do not dispose the horse to sleep, 311
R.
Racers, when training, undergo excessive labor, 466
generally are old before their stock becomes famous, 431
inhale more air during rapid motion, 403
Racing men and bumpkins, their conduct contrasted, 144
Racing plates, 115
are dangerous shoes during the struggle, 472
Railroads not opposed to the breed of horses, 18
Rats enter stables through ordinary gutters, 300
Rat tails are said to denote good horses, 387
Rayment’s, (Mr. C.,) his oatmeal recommended, 178
Rebound or spring of the racer improved by the present mode
of shoeing, 115
Recapitulation of certain points in the horse, 416
Receiving the first lesson, 458
Reflection needed to comprehend the requirements of the horse, 200
Regular horse dealers avoid flats, 363
Regulations to be observed at feeding time, 191
Reins, the necessity of good leather for, 517
for foals should be partly of India-rubber, 459
Remedies for a scurfy skin, 290
for clicking, 126
for cutting, 122
for wounds and abrasions, 231
Repeated blows on one spot, evil of, when bleeding, 91
Requisites for the groom’s use, 500
indications of a well-built carriage, 485
Respect is felt toward a person who can state his wants to
a dealer, 374
Rest depends upon digestion, 311
generally good for pedal annoyances, 126
is imperfect when taken standing, 260
Restless eye, a, denotes timidity, 396
Restlessness induces the collar-rope to be bitten, 215
Results of deranged digestion, 196
Retention of the placenta, 442
Rick of the back, 264
disables a horse as a wheeler or to endure excessive strain, 275
is severe in heavy horses, 273
often leads to fracture of the spine, 276
or chink of the back is common, but little understood, 266
Ride, to, is not necessary in a good groom, 333
Rider, the, and the head destroy the equality of weight on
the limbs, 417
should understand the appearances of the healthy eye, 290
swings on elastic life when seated on the back, 41
Ridiculous to talk of a horse being “vicious”, 263
Rising to the leap, 461
Roach backs are common on the Essex marshes, 384
generally spiteful, 384
have been used as hunters, 385
Rolling occasions the hind leg to get beyond the post of
the stall, 230
Roof consists of two parts, 314
of the ambulatory, how supported and drained, 302
the, described, 314
Room for the night-watcher is supplied with comforts, 325
Rooms at back divided from the stable by a stout wall, 316
Roomy mares are a mistake, 429
Roots are relished by horses, 195
Roughing, as generally performed, 128
Rough-riding is practiced at three years of age, 147
Rounded incisors would prevent the animal biting the grass, 289
Roundness of the jaw’s lower margin during colthood, 142
Rowen hay, 174
Rules for selecting a sire, 438
Running away, 294
S.
Sacrum, the, is one bone in the adult, 38
Saddle-tree, a, with spring stirrup-bar attached, 495
Saddlery and harness, 494
Safety is sacrificed by the violent use of the bearing-rein, 407
Sameness of diet deranges the digestion, 195
of provender induces cutaneous irritability, 286
proves vice to be induced by disease or by instinct, 295
Sand in the eye, the horse protected against, 35
Savage horse, how to render quiet, 60
Scene witnessed at Holloway, 294
Science has demonstrated the mews is an unhealthy abode, 328
and practice unite in estimation of the loins, 383
Scotland, the ass does not breed in, 49
Scratching the ear often fixes the hind pastern in
the collar-rope, 224
Screw shoe, folly and inhumanity of, 118
Scroll-eyed hames, 506
Seated shoe, 117
Second crop of clover, 175
Secretions, though hard, are governed by the inward soft organs, 118
Section of a superficial gutter, 299
of the proposed stables, 324
See-sawing, or weaving, in horses, 205
Segundo bit, the, 523
Senses, the special, assist one another, 398
Serious accident to a cavalry officer, 272
Servants exaggerate the master’s behavior, 202
Seven o’clock duties, 339
Seventh year, the, should witness the active service of the horse, 462
Several diseases are almost peculiar to the rich, 323
Severity endangers man’s property in the horse, 255
Sharp-pointed nail heads no effectual substitute for roughing, 129
Shedding of the temporary molars, 156
Shelter and nurture are requisite for all young horses, 429
Sheltered ground between the gig and coach-houses, 320
Ship biscuit proposed for horses’ food, 195
Shoe is displaced by growth of horn, 106
is wide enough if it supports the wall, 104
Shoeing, 95
blamed for all the changes in the foot, 101
Shoes act injuriously by confining the foot, 472
the, should be observed at the time of purchase, 424
Short-necked horses cannot rest the limbs when at grass, 392
horses feed badly in the field, 392
Sides of the ventilator can be opened or closed at pleasure, 315
Sight should be obscured during the act of bleeding, 91
Sights of London streets, 199
Signs of old age in the horse, 136
Situation of the cistern, 313
Six o’clock duties, 339
Size and requirements of stable doors, 307
of less import than form of thorax, 403
Skeletons in museums are never correct, 408
Skin and lungs sympathize with each other, 344
Slanting floors pervert the intentions of bone and tendon, 251
hoofs are very bad, 414
pavement causes horses to stand across the stall, 254
shoulder, the benefits of, 408
Sliding mouth bit, the, 524
Slight movements excite the attention of a stabled horse, 203
Slipper shoe, first mention of, 111
Sloping pavement, a, extends from the front of the ambulatory, 319
Sloth not favorable to paternity, 437
Slow consuming boiler employed to warm the stables, 321
Small animals are preferred for their working capability, 433
stables do not generally kill because they are draughty, 81
Smallness of neck shows debility, 389
Snares which surround the groom, 330
So-called “incapacitating vices”, 263
Society forces horse dealers to employ fiction, 360
the, for preventing cruelty to animals, 476
Soft palate, some of the uses of, 28
Sole is removed by the shoeing smith and the veterinary surgeon, 104
made to bear some pressure, 104
Some English thorough-breds have Roman noses, 394
substitute should be found for a stud groom, 335
Southern end of the proposed stable, 319
Space, the, above the horses should be free to the roof, 332
Spasmodic inhalation denotes defective respiration, 399
Special senses, the, should be noted as testifying to the health
of the body, 398
Speedy cut often causes a fall, 121
warrants instant rejection, 423
Spinal cord, the, is injured when “kidney dropping” occurs, 269
Spine, how the bones of are united, 39
sinks and rises in the living horse, 383
the, of a horse is delicately organized, 265
the base of the skeleton, 38
Spring bar and spring stirrup, 510
Squatting on the haunches is an unnatural position in the horse, 267
Stable implements are terrible weapons, 318
pails are not suited to contain a horse’s drink, 314
the, cannot be well managed by one pair of hands, 339
is relinquished to the servant, 335
the only one known to the ass, 48
new, will be thrice drained, 301
Stables are inadequate prisons for horses, 219
not proportioned to the horse’s size, 225
opposed to the habits and instincts of horses, 247
the last considered when houses are planned, 233
as built--are they the best possible?, 252
are paved with Dutch clinkers, 249
as they should be, 297
do not require a blaze of light, 229
in many families, are regarded as lumber lofts, 220
promote the decomposition of urine, 249
should be as clean as dairies, 316
Stable-men suffer most from present customs, 226
Stagnant misery is personified in the horse, 243
Stallions are generally too fat, 431
Standing in the manger, 208
while it sleeps, 260
Starvation is injurious before exertion, 471
Starved, horses are, when confined in small stables, 81
Steeds are worn out serving more than one master, 334
Steel inserted at the toe of the clip shoe, 120
Stewart’s stable economy, 234
Stiff back reduces the horse’s value, 278
Stick, blood, depicted, 90
Stomach small and well situated, 20
Stout horn is required in the hoof of a horse, 415
Stranger, a, has entered the stable, 204
Strange substances eaten in stables, 196
Straw figure should be placed on the colt’s back, 458
worthless as food, 177
Striking a horse when passing through a door is dangerous, 238
Strong feet are not necessarily liable to disease, 414
Submissive, the, are the abused, 234
Substance is absent in the present breed of horses, 432
Substances which do not nourish are not food, 193
Suburban grooms generally live in the house, 328
Suburbs, the, are often disturbed by the thud of a trotted cart, 274
Successful dealers are conceited, 377
Sudden agony makes horses kick when mounted, 271
Suffering experienced at three years, 148
Sulphur on oats, to detect, 185
Summered, 474
Summer’s coat, advent of, is delayed by clipping, 344
Supposed places of the groom’s residence during certain periods, 329
Supply of water, how arranged, 313
Swerving is a mild form of shying, 292
T.
Tails as denoting breed, 387
Tail, the, acts as the rudder of the body, 380
Take everything coolly when in a dealer’s yard, 374
Tale, a, illustrative of patience, 520
Tapidum lucidum, its uses in the horse’s eye, 32
Tares are good food, 189
Tax, a, is demanded on all that enters or leaves the stable, 330
Tearing the clothing, 287
Teeth, 133
at advanced periods, 161, 162
at birth, 139
cannot be positively interpreted after the fifth year, 163
one fortnight old, 140
three months old, 140
Telescopic nature of the horse’s eye, 33
Temporary loose box, 356
molars, peculiarity in the shedding of the, 156
Tempting position of the manger, 210
Tendon cannot sustain pressure, 254
Ten o’clock duties, 341
Terrible consequences of thoughtlessness, or of parsimony, 262
Terror is never removed till the horse’s spirit is broken, 240
is dangerous as the place of its exhibition is circumscribed, 255
mistaken for “vice”, 109
Test for “kidney dropping”, 268
Thickness of neck not an objection, 389
jaw caused by young teeth, 142
Things needed to dress a sensitive horse, 289
Thin heeled shoe pointed the toe upward, and did harm, 120
neck accompanies emaciation, 460
stomachs often taken from the bodies of old horses, 178
walls, difficulty of nailing a shoe on, 100
web to the seated shoe, 117
ear denotes goodness of breed, 395
Thinning the sole, 103
Thirst, a consequence of dry food, 167
Thorough-bred quarters express determination, 419
Three purgatives cannot promote strength, 465
quarter shoe, 116
Time should be allowed for nervousness to subside, 240
the, occupied in foaling is short, 439
Times when the horse feeds, 197
Timidity flies from any danger, 281
Tips afford all the protection the racer’s foot requires, 473
Toe is cut and burnt when the horse shoe has a clip, 108
reasons for fixing nails into, 113
Toes, the, in the forefeet point upward in the stable, 243
the, depressed in the gutter cause a luxurious sense of ease, 256
To fly from danger is an instinct in the horse, 295
make gruel properly, 178
Tool-house at the back of stables, 318
Tools necessary for White’s mode of roughing, 130
the, employed for carriages, 480
Too many classes swindle when horse dealing, 269
Tooth, its component substances, 157
Torture is a favorite mode of cure with grooms, 287
Town grooms inhabit impure rooms over the stables, 328
Trainer’s, the, stables are foul, 467
Training and running are bad preparations for paternity, 429
folly of the present system, 187
necessary for young horses from the country, 366
spoils the tempers of many colts, 470
stables do not develop the true disposition of a horse, 434
Treading on an upright nail, 101
Treatment for jibbing, 283
for kidney dropping, 268
for rick of the back, 275
of the ass reprobated, 47
of the blood stallion, 431
of the heels when dirty, 350
proper for the blood mare, 435
Troughs are empty while the cistern contains some water, 321
Tuition should be daily till the second year, 459
Turkish slipper, likeness to, 102
Tushes are affected by age, 161
are uncertain teeth in the horse, 150
Twitch, a, generally kept, 74
Two chains and a collar-strap are employed on some horses, 217
kinds of cutting, 121
men meeting on a hill do not retain their relative positions, 254
U.
Uncertain which shoe will prevent clicking or forging, 125
Unclothing the beauty, 376
Undulating pavement affords every kind of standing ground, 299
Unfitness of horses for captivity, 203
Uninitiated, the, greedy for bargains, 277
Unnecessary, bleeding is, 93
Upland hay, 172
the only good hay, 176
Upright pasterns denote hard work has strained the flexor muscles, 411
Urine, on exposure yields ammonia, 249
stagnates in the gutters, 249
Use of the mane and tail, 380
Uses of the different components of the teeth, 158
of the false nostril, 25
of the harness-room, 317
of the sheltered space, 320
to which stable doors are subject, 236
Usual applications, the, check the hoof’s perspiratory functions, 353
explanation, accounting for the weakness of the fore limbs, 416
length of horse cloths, 350
method of cleansing the heels, 346
Utter darkness excites timidity, 226
V.
Valves aid the circulation when opposed to gravity, 245
in the veins of the leg, 244
of jugular veins only act when the head is depressed, 22
Various people buy and sell horses, 357
substances are interposed between the ends of bone, 42
Veins so arranged as to prevent congestion if feeding off
the ground, 21
Ventilation secured by having the doors in parts, 308
Ventilator roofed with stout glass, 315
Vertebræ, the, are the base of the skeleton, 380
Vetches, on which agricultural teams live, indicate no danger
in beans, 468
Veterinary examiners too often neglect the spine, 277
profession composed of imperfectly educated men, 73
Vicious horses are mostly weakly creatures, 418
View extended by mounting on to the manger, 210
Voice, the, is sufficient goad for a willing animal, 460
W.
Walking a horse is more than simply moving, 124
through the stables and physicking the stock, 377
essential to the horse’s foot, 246
Wall of the hoof, 98
the, is struck during darkness, 258
Warranties are of no value, 370
Waste of present feeding, 193
Wasting the hay, 212
Watch the action while the horse is being run along the ride, 423
Water, its importance in the stable, 486
should be freely employed, 338
should only be applied to the heels after special permission, 352
troughs described, 313
Weakly or healthy foals now suck only the same time, 446
Weakness is not the accompaniment of the racer’s elastic pastern, 411
Weariness cannot promote thrift, 249
induces the horse to play with its needless corn, 213
Weaving is an effort to promote the circulation of the foot, 250
or see-sawing in horses, 205
Web slants in the seated shoe, 117
none to the slipper shoe, 111
the, of the shoe serves to retain stones, 103
Wedge-heeled shoe, danger of, 119
Weeds of the blood stock, 422
Weight should not be put on horses during training, 468
the, of the head is not felt during health, 388
Well-bred, the, and coarse-bred heads contrasted, 393
Wetting the heels most injurious, 346
What occasions horses to kick by night?, 228
Wheels, how long these should last, 488
how to use and understand, 491
When a part of the frame moves, all parts are agitated, 150
buying, procure a horse rather too strong than strong enough, 374
gentlemen meddle, the dealer exults, 372
the foal quits its dam, breaking should commence, 458
Where the fore limb quits the trunk, muscle should abound, 409
White horses are generally old, 136
Why a carriage should be cleansed from mud, 487
breeding does not pay, 428
Widest, the, of modern stable doors are too narrow, 238
Width of channel testifies to the breathing capability, 399
Wild animals are not caged like the horse, 202
horses nowhere exist, 37
Wind sucking caused by stables, 205
Windpipe capable of contraction, 26
Winter’s frost always takes horse proprietors by surprise, 126
Winter shoes are best made in summer, 126
Wintry perspirations, probable cause of, 343
Wipe the oil off after blistering, 83
Wired-in hoofs are bad, 415
Wisp and brush are abused, 342
Withhold all medicine from the breeding mare, 443
Wolves’ teeth are of no importance, 143
Work demands more support than grass affords, 133
when not excessive, benefits health, 435
Worked too early, 19
Worst cheat, the, in horse flesh, 357
Wound, precautions necessary after bleeding, 93
Written warranties seldom required by the honest dealer, 365
Wrongs inflicted on horses, 199
Y.
Yew clippings poison horses, 171
Young animals are purchased by the London dealers, 366
horses are put in the chains as teamsters, 265
horses should be from birth set apart for their future uses, 438
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Transcriber's Note
1. Obvious errors in spelling and punctuation have been corrected.
2. Hyphenation has been made consistent where possible, using the form
most prevalent in the book or, failing that, in other books of the
period.
3. The following further changes have been made:
Page 186: "membraneous" to "membranous".
Page 269: "predicating" to "predicting".
Page 414: "sand crack" to "sandcrack".
4. The diagram on Page 24 is shown again on Page 28, as it was in the
original work.