CHA 



B.C.), 212; tessera in British 

 Museum representing two- 

 horse chariot, 213 ; invention 

 of, ascribed to the Romans, 



221 



Chaugan, 238-253 ; sticks, 244 



Chesham, Lord, 334 



'Chifheys,' 42, 117 



Chisholme, Mr., 333 



Chupaan, 240 



'Cicero on horsemanship, 220 



Clanricarde, Lord (the late), 23 



Clarence and Avondale, H. R. H. 

 the Duke of, 352 



Clayton, 'Dick,' 333 



Cloth boots for polo, 328 



Clydesdales, popularity of, in 

 Australasia, 206 



Collars, stall, 67 



Colonial horse, the, 158 ; intro- 

 duction of horses into Austra- 

 lia, 159 ; the earliest races, 

 159; colonial stud-books, 

 159-161 ; confusion of pedi- 

 gree, 161 ; superiority of 

 New Zealand bred horses, 

 161 ; successful and unsuc- 

 cessful sires, 162 ; rareness of 

 affections of the wind, 162 ; 

 great number of racecourses, 

 1 66, 170; Flemington ( Vic- 

 toria) racecourse, 166-170; 

 absence of bookmakers at 

 New Zealand meetings, 1 70 ; 

 race-cards arranged to suit 

 sweepstakes, 174-176; 'scrub- 

 bers,' 178; catching and break- 

 ing horses on the runs, 178- 

 1 8 1 ; stockmen and theirhorses, 

 1 80 ; great increase and whole- 

 sale destruction of semi-wild 

 horses, 181 ; effect of Vic- 

 torian gold discovery on the 



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value of horses, 181 ; rate of 

 annual increase and export of 

 colonial horses, 182, 183 ; 

 price of horses, 184-186 ; 

 'Walers,' 184, 187; disfigur- 

 ing brands, 185 ; commercial 

 aspect of horse-breeding, 186 ; 

 deterioration of horses caused 

 by the introduction of sheep- 

 farming, 1 86 ; class of horse 

 bred in the colonies, 187 ; 

 Australia as a source of supply 

 for Indian military remounts, 

 187, 1 88 ; police and artillery 

 horses, 189 ; the bush horse, 

 190; suitability for making 

 hunters, 190 ; prevalence of 

 barbed wire fencing, 194 ; its 

 influence on hunting, 194- 

 200 ; mode of shoeing for wire 

 fence jumping, 196; schooling 

 overwire, 198; jumping power 

 of colonial horses, 198, 210 ; 

 steeplechasing, 200 ; the 

 Maories' methods of breaking 

 horses, 201-204 '> horses spe- 

 cially trained to ford rivers, 



204 ; scarcity of good hacks, 



205 ; colonists' mode of 

 riding, 205 ; Australian cart- 

 horses, 206 ; low price ob- 

 tainable for pure-bred Clydes- 

 dales, 206 ; relative excel- 

 lence of English and Austra- 

 lian racehorses, 207, 210 ; 

 tendency to curtail length of 

 races, 208 ; general leg- 

 soundness of colonial horses, 

 208 ; hacks and harness 

 horses, 209; general practice 

 of horse-riding, 210 ; excel- 

 lence of horses in public con- 

 veyances, 210 



