Contents. xiii 



CHAPTER XX. 



Arrival at the Gold Fields Clubs in South Africa Johannesburg: its Jews, 

 Englishmen, and Boers Types of John Bull A Public Performance 

 under Difficulties A Lady riding Buckjumpers Performances at the 

 Johannesburg Circus Bad to Mount The Farce of Horse Taming 

 Shows in England How to make a Good Impression J. R. Couper, 

 the South African Champion Wolff Bendoff 'The Mates" Son Mr 

 Grey Rattray Eggs Sixpence a Piece Dave Moss and the 'Tape' 

 Johannesburg 'Sharps' The Ready Reckoner Story Justice to 'Nig- 

 gers ' in the Transvaal Vichy, the Winner of the Johannesburg Handicap 

 English Horses in South Africa, page 259 



CHAPTER XXL 



Racing in South Africa Polo Performances at Pretoria An Accident 

 Enthusiasm of the Boers General Joubert Breaking-in a Zebra The 

 Language of the Boers A Journey by Coach Prize Fighting in South 

 Africa Nickless and Kelly Majuba Hill and Laing's Nek Harrismith 

 Hendrik Truter Maritzburg Sir Charles Mitchell Colonel Swaine 

 and the nth Hussars Horsebreaking at Durban Farewell to October 

 The Climate of South Africa Return to England, - 279 



CHAPTER XXII. 



Homeward Bound Blazing Weather 'Professor' Norton Smith The Dublin 

 Horse Show Jumping Paris High School Riding Baucher M. 

 Auguste Raux Gustave Teaching a Horse to Jump Horse Taming 

 Competition between Sample and Leon, 296 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



The Horsewoman Practical Lectures on Side-Saddle Riding The Wards 

 Fred. Allen Teaching Ladies to Ride Riding Masters Learning from 

 Teaching Improvements in Side-Saddles Safety Skirts The Danger of 

 being ' Dragged 'Saddlers Walsall Effect of Cast-iron on the Franco- 

 German War The Row Lady Dilke, 318 



