422 



RIDING 



TRO 



day's lesson, 75 ; principal ob- 

 ject, 75 ; use of the whip, 76 ; 

 saddling, 76 ; position of the 

 saddle, 77 ;. putting on the 

 crupper, 77 ; management of 

 reins, 78, 79 ; use of cross- 

 trees, 79 ; treatment of horses 

 that do not yield, 79, 80 ; 

 backing, 80-85 '> neither spurs 

 nor whip to be used, 81 ; pre- 

 parations for mounting, 81 ; 

 mounting, 82, 83 ; avoid 

 touching the horse with the 

 leg, 83, 84 ; treatment when 

 mounted, 83 ; dismounting, 

 84 ; nervous horses, 84 ; 

 taking off the cavesson, 85 ; 

 breaking, 86 ; trotting, 88 ; 

 bending, 92-97 ; reining 

 back, 98-100 ; cantering, 

 100-106 ; leaping, 106-112 

 Trotting, 88 



UMBALLA polo ground, 283 



VALENTIA, Lord, 255, 287, 



335 

 Van de Weyer, Lady Emily, 



9 

 Vane Tempest, Lord Henry, 



335 



Vaughan, Mr., 346 



'Vegetii Renati Artis Veteri- 

 riarise,' quoted, 223 



Vesey, Capt., 34 8 



Victoria : publication of first 

 stud-book, 160 ; Melbourne 

 Cup, 165, 166, 170; Fleming- 

 ton racecourse, 166-170 ; 

 Victoria Racing Club, 173 ; 

 effect of gold discovery on 



WIL 



price of horses, 181 ; ship- 

 ment of horses to India, 183 ; 

 horse-breeding in, 187; hunt- 

 ing in, 190 ; importation of 

 hares and harriers, 191 ; a 

 stag-hunt, 192 ; times of 

 English and Victorian Derby 

 compared, 208 



Vigne's ' Travels in Kashmir, 

 Ladakh, and Thibet ' quoted, 

 266 



Virgil, quoted, 51 



' WALERS,' 184, 187 

 Walker, Mr. G. N., 350 

 Walker, Mr. J. R., 310, 311, 



342 



Walker, Mr. W. H., 342 

 Ware, Mr., 261 

 Warings, Mr. G. L., 317 

 Watson, Mr. John, 236, 257, 

 258, 260, 261, 277, 283,287, 

 296, 333. 340, 342-345, 348 

 Watson, Mr. Robert, 257, 333 

 West Meath polo club, 258 

 Whip, use of the, 76, 81, 86, 

 no, 129, 131, 132, 148, 151, 

 i$3> J 55> J 5 6 ; Australian 

 stock whip, 178 ; in polo, 

 328 



White, Mr., Australian stud- 

 owner, 163, 164; phenome- 

 nal success of his horses, 

 165 

 Whyte Melville, Major, on 



horsemanship, 12, 14, 52 

 Willesden Paper Company's 

 papier-mache polo goal-posts, 



34 



Willett, Mr., 352 

 Williams, Col. Owen, 335 



