INDEX 



421 



STE 



Stewart, Capt. Robt, 279, 

 280 



Stewart-Duckett, Mr., 333 



Sticks, polo, 302-304 



Stirrups, ladies', 5 ; earliest 

 mention of, 225 ; use of, at 

 first confined to armed horse- 

 men, 225 



Stock saddle and whip, 178 



Storer, Mr., 259 



Stow, Mr. E. Kenyon, 256, 

 340, 34i 



Strutt on polo, 252 



Stud-books, colonial, 159-161 



Sussex County polo club, 337 



Switzerland, horses' bones found 

 in the caves and lake dwell- 

 ings of, 211, 212 



Sydney (New South Wales), 

 earliest races, 159 ; price of 

 horses, 185 



TALBOT, Col. the Hon. R. , 335 



Tasmania, manuscript stud- 

 book of 1847, 160 ; horse- 

 breeding in, 189 



Tattersall's, 40, 59 



Telegraph boards, for polo 

 grounds, 305 



Theodosian Code, 223 



Thorn, Mr. W. K., 261 



' Three Sherleys, The Ad ven- 

 tures of the,' quoted, 251 



Tidy, Capt., 348 



' Times, The,' quoted, 262 



Tollemache, Wilbraham, 21 



Tom Thumb bit, 1 1 



Toolane (a Munnipoorie), 279 



Totalisator, the, at New Zealand 

 race meetings, 171 ; its effect 

 in promoting sport, 171 ; pro- 

 posal to legalise it in Victoria, 



TRA 



73 ; method of working, 



173 



Tournaments, origin and deve- 

 lopment of, 226 



Tournaments (polo) : Allaha- 

 bad, 283 ; Bombay, 283 ; 

 Calcutta, 283 ; Hurlingham 

 Infantry Inter-regimental, 

 winners of, 294 ; Hurlingham 

 Inter-regimental, winners of, 

 294 ; Indian Inter-regimental, 

 281, 283 ; winners of, 296 ; 

 Indian Infantry Inter-regi- 

 mental, 283 ; winners of, 

 297 ; Indian Native Cavalry, 

 283 ; Mian Mir, 298 ; My- 

 sore, 298 ; Nusseerabad, 283 ; 

 Poona, 283 



Training the young horse, 63 ; 

 first considerations, 63 ; hand- 

 ling, 63-69 ; feeding, 64 ; 

 exercise, 64 ; treatment of 

 horses fresh from grass, 64 ; 

 how to begin handling, 65 ; 

 lifting the feet, 65 ; shoeing, 

 66 ; in the box, 67 ; the stall 

 collar, 67 ; the reins, 67 ; 

 objections to chains and iron 

 log?, 67, 68 ; in the stable, 

 68 ; position of the stall, 68 ; 

 putting on the roller, 68 ; 

 longeing, 69-80 ; use and 

 abuse of the longe, 69 ; shape 

 and dimensions of building for 

 longeing, 70 ; the first lesson, 

 70; fitting the cavesson, 71 ; 

 the best kind of snaffle, 71 ; 

 roller and reins, 72 ; care of 

 the tackle, 72 ; position of 

 man holding the horse, 73 ; 

 avoid hurrying, 73, 75, 84 ; 

 details of the lesson, 74, 75 ; 

 its duration, 75 ; the second 



