The Handy Horse-Book, Or, Practical Instructions in Driving, Riding, and the General Care and Managament of Horses

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX. Absorbents 159 Absorbent system 106 Acidity 160 Aconite, tincture of 161 Age, to judge of. 3 Ale and porter 24, 37 Alteratives 159 Ambling or pacing 34 American stabling 18 American carriages 74 Arabian horses 95 Arnica lotion 157, 158 Arsenic 124, 160 Auction 6, 89 Axle-boxes 74 Backing 71 Back-raking 122 Back, sore 38, 151 Ball, manner of giving 104 Bandaging 14 Bark of oak 159 Beans and pease 20, 21 Bearing-rein 63, 141 Bedding 9, 10, 27, 38 Belladonna 127 Belly-band, caution 59 Bits 38, 62,70 Bladder, inflammation of 127, 159 Bleeding Ill Blinkers 62, 70 Blisters and absorbents 159, 160 Blood 94 Page Board ship 24, 104 Boot of leather J 9 Bran mash 22 Break carriage 5, 30 Breaking or training 29 Breaking to harness 30 Breastplate 48 Breeding 1, 93 Bridling 38 Britching 58 Broken knees 141 Broken wind 119 Bronchitis 113 Bruised oats 21 Brushing 78 Buying 6 Calkins or cogs 80, 82 Calomel 125 Canker 136 Cantering 33, 52 Capped hock 145 Caprice 90 Carriages 73, 75 Carrots 23 Casting 102 Cavalry remounts 47 Cavesson 33 Chaff 10, 154 Chain fastenings 17 Chalk 15,154,160 Chifneybit 42 Chloride of zinc 158 Chloroform 102 Clap of the back sinew. 143 Cleaning in-doors 12,13 Climate 95 Clipping 16 Clothing 18 Clysters 159 Clysters, danger of using 15, 159 Cold and influenza 110 Colic and gripes 108, 121 Colic drench 159 Collar CO Colour 2 Contagion 26, 112, 116 Contractors 25 Corns 79, 131, 140 Costiveness 123 Cough 115 Coupling-rein 56 Cracked and greasy heels 136 Crib-biting 153 Croton-oil 108,159 Crupper 46, 63 Curb 145 Dandriff. 14 Dealers 6, 7 Diabetes 123 Diabetes drench 159 Diarrhoea or dysentery...120,159 Digestive organs, diseases of 120 Diseases 101 Disinfectants 113, 161 Diuretics, and danger of 126 Dogs and cats 11 Dragoons...