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Riding and Driving

Chapter 38: INDEX
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A practical manual offers detailed instruction in riding and driving, beginning with breeding and early handling of young horses and covering purchase, care, and stable management. The riding portion explains tack, mounting, the correct seat, horsemanship aids, training methods for collection, gaits, gallop changes, suppling, jumping, backing, and use of snaffle and curb. The driving section treats the horse's natural history and economic value, feeding, shoeing, harness and first aid, and step-by-step techniques for driving single animals, pairs, fours, and tandems. Illustrations and practical tips emphasize safe, humane training and everyday management.

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.

Antiseptics, 244, 249.

Aperients in horses' diet, 40, 234, 240, 247.

Apples for horses, 40, 234.

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.

Barley, as food, 233, 240.

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.

Bearing-reins, 272-273, 305.

In driving—

Four, 368-369.

Pair, 345.

Tandem, 396.

Bedding in stalls, 39-40.

Belle Hamlin, 284.

Berthune, 8.

Bits, care of, 218, 317.

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.

Varieties of, 56, 268.

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.

Bourbon King, 52, 53.

Box-stalls, 39, 216, 217, 221.

Brain, statistics of, in animals, 161 n.

Brakes, use and misuse of, 306-308.

Bran as food, 234, 237.

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.

Breeching, use of, 274, 306.

In tandem-driving, 393, 410.

Breeders, Kentucky, 47-53.

Breeding, 5, 8-13, 16, 285-289.

See Stock farms.

Bridle, the, 121-124, 266.

Double, 57-58, 114-117.

Bridling horse, method of, 58-59.

Britain, history of horse in, 7, 182.

Broken knees, treatment of, 245.

Bronson, Mr., cited, 361.

Brow-band, the, 267, 272.

Bruises, treatment of, 243-244, 246.

"Buck eye," the, 197.

Buffalo Bill, 79-80.

Bully Rock, 191.

Bussigny, H. L. de, 72, 88.

Byerly Turk, 4, 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.

Cavalry, British, 77.

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.

Cayuse ponies, 9, 80.

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.

Check-reins, 272-273, 297.

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.

Seat of, 302, 326.

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.

Collars, 263, 265.

In tandem-driving, 408-409.

Warming of, 264, 333.

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.

Corns, cause of, 253, 255.

Corradini, training of horse by, 45.

Cortes, horses of, 180.

Coupling-reins, 335, 340-344.

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.

Crupper, the, 274, 305-306.

Adjustment of, in harnessing, 316.

Cunning of horses, 98.

Curb-bit, the, 57.

Lessons with, 114-117.

Use of, 121-124.

Curb-chains, 269, 317.

Currycomb, abolition of, advised, 42.

Curzon, Lady, cited, 394.

Cushion, driver's, 302, 326.

In tandem-driving, 400, 412-413.

Daphne, 13.

Darley Arabian, 4, 5, 8, 191.

Dealers, behavior to, 31-32, 178.

Denmark (founder), 15-16, 47.

Denmark, Gaines's, 16.

Denmark strain, 9, 15, 52.

Descriptions of ideal horse, 35-37, 196-204.

De Soto, horses of, 180, 181.

Dexter, 286, 290.

Diarrhœa, treatment of, 242, 147.

Dickens, 52.

Dictator, 286.

Diomed, 8, 16, 191.

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.

Doors of stables, 215, 220.

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.

"Form" in, 313-314, 424.

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.

Eclipse (1764), 7-8, 12.

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.

Exercise of horses, 41, 230.

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.

Causes of, 150, 154-155.

Farms. See Stock farms.

Feeding of horses, 40-41, 225-238.

Feet, advice on horses', 201.

Care of. See Shoeing.

Cleaning, 43, 230, 253.

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.

Fiord ponies, 7, 10.

Flanders, horses from, in America, 181, 182.

Flexion of jaw by suppling, 114-117.

Floors in stables, 39, 216-217.

Flora Temple, 190, 290.

"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.

Franconi, Henri, 86-87, 100.

"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.

See Britain and England.

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.