INDEX
Acidity of stomach, cure for, 248.
Age of horses, determining, 205.
Aids, application of the, 88-89.
Air in stables, 211, 212-213, 218.
Alcohol, hardening skin with, 247.
Ale, use of, in sickness, 241, 247.
Alidor, 30.
Alix, trotting record of, 290.
Aloes as a purgative, 247.
America, the home of the horse, 162-164.
Horse history of, 162, 179-194.
Importation of horses to, 162, 180-182, 191, 285.
Number of work-animals compared with other countries, 163-164.
Roads in, 192-194.
American Saddle-horse Breeders' Association, 16.
Anderson, Richard Clough, 80.
Andrew Jackson, 190.
Aperients in horses' diet, 40, 234, 240, 247.
Aprons, driving, 418.
Arabella, horses on the, 181.
Arabian. See Darley and Markham.
Arabians, degeneration of, 4-5.
Argentine Republic, horses in, 163.
Army horsemen. See Cavalry.
"Art of Horsemanship, The," Xenophon's, 64, 155, 203, 267.
Ass, brain of, 161 n.
Auctions, purchasing at, 34-35.
Aure, M. d', master of riding, 75.
Australia, statistics of horses, 163.
Austria, number of horses in, 163.
Wagon rims in, 194.
Axles, inspection of, 278.
Backing, training horses in, 135-137, 296.
Backs of horses, defective points regarding, 204.
Balking, 98-99.
Ball Brothers, breeders, 52-53.
Bandaging of horses, 42-43.
Barbary, horses from, in America, 182, 183.
Nutritive value of, 237.
Baucher, M., riding authority, 75, 109, 129, 155.
Bay Bolton, 285.
Bayard, Henri Franconi's, 100.
Beans for horses, 233-234, 237.
In driving—
Four, 368-369.
Pair, 345.
Tandem, 396.
Bedding in stalls, 39-40.
Belle Hamlin, 284.
Berthune, 8.
Duke of Newcastle on, 268.
Fit of, 268-269.
Horses not led by, in harnessing, 316, 334.
Leather, for young colts, 293.
Selection of, for harness-horses, 297.
Snaffle, in training colts, 294.
Tandem-driving, 396.
Xenophon's advice, 267-268.
Bitting exercises for colts, 25-28.
Bones of ideal horse, 200, 201.
Bonnie Scotland, Miss Lake's, 100.
Book, stable, 228-229.
Books. See Works.
Boston, 12.
Boston Blue, 189.
Boston Horse, trotting record of, 290.
Box-stalls, 39, 216, 217, 221.
Brain, statistics of, in animals, 161 n.
Brakes, use and misuse of, 306-308.
Bran mash, receipt, 240.
Breaking-in of colts, 20-29, 291-293.
Fallacies regarding, 298-299.
Breastplate (Dutch collar), 265.
Adjustment of, in harnessing a pair, 336.
Breeders, Kentucky, 47-53.
Breeding, 5, 8-13, 16, 285-289.
See Stock farms.
Bridling horse, method of, 58-59.
Britain, history of horse in, 7, 182.
Broken knees, treatment of, 245.
Bronson, Mr., cited, 361.
Bruises, treatment of, 243-244, 246.
"Buck eye," the, 197.
Buffalo Bill, 79-80.
Bully Rock, 191.
Canada, the first horse in, 181.
Pacers from, 16.
Canter, the, 128.
See Hand-gallop.
Carriages, care of, 222, 223, 277-279.
History of, 191-192.
Insignia on, 280-282.
Carrots for horses, 40, 234, 237, 240.
Carter, General, 67.
Carts for tandem-driving, 399-400, 404-408.
Casting the horse, 22-23, 152-153.
Castleman, General John B., 16.
Breeding establishment of, 48-49.
Horsemanship of, 79.
Castleman, Major David, 49.
Cat, brain of, 161 n.
Fort Riley school, 81-84.
French, 74-75.
German, 73-74.
Italian, 75.
Oats allowance in, 233.
Origins of, 66.
Oxen used for, 179.
United States, 80-84.
Use of stirrups by, 67.
Cavesson, lessons on the, 23-26, 101, 151.
Cecil Palmer, 49.
Chafing, cure of, 245.
Chains vs. leather in pole-pieces, 335-336, 358.
Charles Kent mare, the, 285.
Charleston, S.C., jockey-club of, 188.
Charlier shoe, the, 257.
Cherokee ponies, so-called, 86.
Chest of ideal horse, 199.
Children, riding-lessons for, 85-87.
Chills, treatment of, 246.
Chimney-sweeps, salutes to, 365.
Cleaning of horses, 42, 43, 230.
Clicking, cause and remedy, 257.
Clifton Farm, 49.
Clover, use of, as food, 234.
Coaches, rules for judging, 382-391.
Coach horns, 378-379.
Coaching, present-day, 353-381.
Coaching Club, rules of, for judging drags and road-coaches, 382-391.
Coachman, cushion for, 302, 326, 400, 412-413.
Details in clothing of, 300-302.
Living-rooms of, 216, 223-224.
Signals from, to horse, 318-319.
Coachmen, a distinction between drivers and, 347.
Cocking-cart, the, 407.
Cockspur, 16.
Cody, Colonel W. F., 79-80.
Colds, symptoms of, and treatment, 241-242.
Colic, causes of, and remedies, 242, 248.
In tandem-driving, 408-409.
Collodion, flexible, as remedy, 248.
Colors desirable in saddle-horses, 35.
Colts, training, 20-29, 291-299.
Columbus, horses imported by, 162, 180.
"Combined horses," 150.
Conestoga horse, origin of, 181.
Confidence, trotting record of, 290.
Cooling of horses, 248.
Copperbottom, 13-14.
Corbett, Edward, quoted, 322.
Corn for horses, 234.
Corners, turning, 313, 328-329, 375, 397.
Corradini, training of horse by, 45.
Cortes, horses of, 180.
Time of buckling, 336-337.
Cracked heels, so-called, 243.
Cresceus, 290.
Cribbing, one sign of, 206.
Crop, use of, 56.
Cross-gallop, rectification of, 131.
Croup, work on, with saddle-horses, 117-120, 123.
Cruiser, descendants of, 12.
Adjustment of, in harnessing, 316.
Cunning of horses, 98.
Curb-bit, the, 57.
Lessons with, 114-117.
Use of, 121-124.
Currycomb, abolition of, advised, 42.
Curzon, Lady, cited, 394.
In tandem-driving, 400, 412-413.
Daphne, 13.
Dealers, behavior to, 31-32, 178.
Denmark, Gaines's, 16.
Descriptions of ideal horse, 35-37, 196-204.
Diarrhœa, treatment of, 242, 147.
Dickens, 52.
Dictator, 286.
Diseases, treatment of horses', 239-250.
Disinfectants, use of, in stables, 223, 229.
Dismounting, method of, 61, 63.
Docking of tails, 304-305.
Dog, brain of, 161 n.
Dog-carts, for tandem-driving, 404.
Origin of name, 406.
Dogskin, driving gloves of, 301.
Dorothy, General Castleman's, 48.
Double bridle, lessons with, 57-58, 114-117.
"Down the Road," 416, 417.
Drags, rules for judging, 382-391.
Drainage of stables, 39, 211, 215, 217, 220.
Dress, coachman's, 300-302.
In tandem-driving, 419-420.
Dressing of horses, 42-44.
Drivers, distinction drawn between coachmen and, 347.
Driving, four-in-hand, 353-381.
One horse, 318-332.
Pair, 333-352.
Position of hands in, 309-311, 423.
Tandem, 401-425.
Driving apron, the, 418.
Driving cape, the, 419-420.
"Driving for Pleasure," Underhill's, 279, 352.
Driving for punishment, remarks on, 352.
Duke, General Basil, cited, 3.
Dutchman, trotting record of, 290.
Ears of ideal horse, 197.
Education of horses. See Training.
Edwin Forrest, trotting record, 290.
Egypt, horses of ancient, 6.
Elliott, Lieutenant Duncan, 83.
Elsa, 50.
Emily, General Castleman's, 48.
England, horsemen of, 72-73, 75-77.
Horses of early and mediæval, 7, 183-184.
Roads in, 183.
Stage-coach history in, 191-192.
English Stud Book (or "Match Book"), the, 185.
"Equus beds," 179.
Ethan Allen, 190.
Europe, horsemanship of continental, 72-75.
Indoor, 44-45.
Necessity of, urged, 148-149.
Exercises, mounted, 70-72.
Suppling, 113-117.
Eye, of ideal horse, 197.
Defective points, 204.
Falkland Island horses, 172.
Falls from or with horse, 144-145.
Farms. See Stock farms.
Feeding of horses, 40-41, 225-238.
Feet, advice on horses', 201.
Care of. See Shoeing.
Defects in, 205.
Effect of placing of, on action, 18-19.
Evolution of, 170-172.
Formation of, 252.
Nails in, 245.
Fetlock of ideal horse, 200-201.
Fevers, 241.
Flanders, horses from, in America, 181, 182.
Flexion of jaw by suppling, 114-117.
Floors in stables, 39, 216-217.
"Flying Coach," the, 192.
Fomentation, defined, 247.
Food for horses, 40-41, 225-238.
Effect of, on teeth, 206.
Foot founders, 245-246.
Foot-rail, dangers of, 303, 400.
Forest Denmark, 52.
Forging, remedy for, 257-258.
"Form," discussion of, 313-314.
In tandem-driving, 424.
Fort Riley, cavalry school at, 81-84.
Fossil remains of horses, 5, 169-171.
Founder, remedy for, 249.
Four-in-hand driving, 353-381.
Fox, 285.
France, number of horses in, 163.
Riders in, 74-75.
Riding-masters of, 75.
Roads in, 193.
Wagon devices in, 194.
"Frank Fairleigh," Smedley's, references to, 418-419, 423.
Freshness, avoidance of. See Exercise.
Fritz, William, 87.
Full-gallop, the, 128.
Gaits, the three essential, in saddle-horses, 17.
Gallop, the, 124-125.
Full (racing pace), 128.
Halt in, 133-134.
School (pace), 128.
Variations of form of, 127-134.
Wheel in, 132-133.
Gallop changes, 128-132.
Galls, collar and saddle, 245.
Garland, James A., "The Private Stable" by, 279.
Garrard, Major Castleman's, 49-50.
Gay Brothers, breeders, 50-51.
Geers, Ed., 284.
Germany, statistics of horses in, 163.
Riders in, 73-74.
Wagon tires in, 194.
Gipsey, 285.
Globe, 284.
Gloves, driving, 301-302.
Godolphin Barb, 4.
Gohanna, 12.
"Going to Cover," Henderson's, 404.
Goldsmith Maid, 189, 190, 290.
Grass, nutritive value, 18, 237, 240.
Great Britain, numbers of horses in, 163.
Greece, horses of ancient, 6-7.
Greeks, stirrups unknown to ancient, 65.
Grinsone, work on horsemanship by, 129, 155.
Grooming of horses, 42, 43, 230.
Grooms, office of, in tandem-driving, 421-422.