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RIDING 



POL 



Ninepins, 336 ; Outsider, 

 351; Paleface, 313; Patch, 

 340, 345 ; Perfection, 351 ; 

 Perfidy, 336; Picquet, 337, 



341 ; Piper, 341 ; Polestar, 

 313, 353; Polly, 345, 346; 

 Prince, 351 ; Quicksilver, 

 351 ; Rainbow, 352 ; Rajah, 



342 ; Red Lancer, 353 ; Rex, 

 317 ; Rosamond, 313, 352 ; 

 Rosealba, 317, 342 ; Saladin, 



310, 311, 342 ; Sambo, 352 ; 

 Santa Clara, 317 ; Saracen, 

 315 ; Schoolboy, 353 ; Sea- 

 gull, 336, 347; Sinbad, 310, 



31 1, 342 ; Smuggler, 315, 346 ; 

 Solomon, 342; Spider, 315, 

 346; Starlight, 352; Stella, 

 352; The Bay, 315; The 

 Doe, 352; The Fawn, 307, 

 330, 337 5 The Girl, 323, 

 338 ; The Nurse, 345 ; The 

 Nun, 353; The Rag, 345; 

 Tongs, 333; Umpire, 339; 

 Venus, 342, 345 ; Whiskey, 

 345; Yellow Jack, 313 



Polo regimental teams : Royal 

 Horse Guards, 255 ; 1st Life 

 Guards, 255 ; 7th Hussars, 

 282 ; 8th Hussars, 282, 333, 



343 ; loth Hussars, 255, 

 256, 281, 282, 305, 333 ; 

 1 9th Hussars, 280; 5th Lan- 

 cers, 282 ; 9th Lancers, 255, 

 256, 281, 333 ; 1 7th Lancers, 

 282, 353 ; Rifle Brigade, 

 280 ; 25th Regiment, 282 ; 

 33rd Regiment, 282 ; 54th 

 Regiment, 281 



Pony, selection of, for a child, 



6 ; treatment of, 8 

 ' Post and Paddock ' quoted, 



310 



RAC 



Potter on horsemanship, 215 

 Priory polo club, 349 

 Proctor, Mr. J. B., 317 



QUEEN, Her Majesty the, and 

 the improvement of the breed 

 of New Forest ponies, 318 



Queensland, horse-breeding in, 

 189 



Quin, rapt. Wyndham, 256 



RACE riding, 139; paucity ot 

 competent jockeys, 140 ; es- 

 sentials for a perfect jockey, 

 140; knowledge of pace, 141, 

 146 ; riding in obedience to 

 orders, 141, 146; the two 

 chief requisites, 142; 'hands,' 

 142-144; 'head,' 144; bitting 

 racehorses, 145 ; disqualifica- 

 tions, 145 ; saddles slipping, 

 145 ; carrying wrong weight, 

 145 ; false run races, 146 ; 

 'getting off,' 147; 'steadying,' 

 148, 153; making the rush, 

 148; taking advantage of the 

 incidents of a race, 149 ; im- 

 portance of examining the 

 ground, 150; the final effort, 

 150-153 ; injudicious use of 

 the whip and spurs, 150, 153, 

 155, 156; how races are lost 

 and won, 153; 'leaving it 

 too late,' 154 ; races thrown 

 away, 154; 'drawing it too 

 fine,' 155 ; need of tenderness 

 in riding young horses, 155- 

 157 5 roguish horses, 155 



Racing (Badminton), 153 



Racing bits, 128 



