436 



RACING. 



SMI 



Smith, Captain Arthur, 385 



Smithfield as a horse mart, 8 



Snaffles, 18, 228 



Soltykoff, Prince, 170, 189 



Sporting press, utility of corre- 

 spondents, 43 ; and betting 

 owners, 259 ; its ' prophets,' 

 268 



Stables, 16; a modern training 

 stable, 107-110; goats as 

 disinfectors in, 123; drainage 

 of, 123 



Stakeholder, 60 ; duties of the, 

 70 



Stallions, list of, in 1794, with 

 their prices, 31, 32 



Stamford and Warrington, 

 Lord, and the Jezabel inci- 

 dent, 135 



Stapylton, Major, his theories 

 of breeding, 114 



Starling, Martin, guardian of 

 the course at Newmarket, 74 



Starters, 60 ; duties of, 62 ; 

 the principal starters, 62, 63 ; 

 amateur starters, 241 



Steeple-chasing, early history of, 

 281 ; an extraordinary steeple- 

 chase, 282 ; Major Wilson's 

 match with Popylina, 283 ; 

 Irish sportsmen, 284 ; match 

 between Captain Ross and 

 Lord Kennedy, 285 ; the sport 

 in Ireland, 286 ; in France, 



286 ; objections to chasing as 

 a popular spectacle, 2S6 ; the 

 first Liverpool steeple-chase, 



287 ; Grand National sup- 

 plants selling race, 287 ; 

 efforts to appoint a govern- 

 ing body, 288 ; a * disgrace- 

 ful affair,' 289 ; the Grand 

 National Hunt Committee 



STE 

 formed, 289; dissolved and 

 reformed, 291 ; its com- 

 position, 291; selection of the 

 chaser, 293 ; Irish horses, 

 296 ; the time of the Grand 

 National compared with the 

 Derby, 297 ; breeding and 

 blood, 297, 298 ; racecourse 

 hunters, 299 ; do horses like 

 jumping ? 299 ; qualities of a 

 good chaser, 300 ; the lottery 

 in breeding, 300 ; schooling, 

 302 ; Dick Christian's system, 

 304 ; jumping schools, 306 ; 

 an Irish method, 307 ; the 

 horse's disposition to be 

 studied, 308 ; a fair hunt- 

 ing country, 313-315 ; good 

 fencers, 314 ; water-jumps, 

 316; galloping courses, 317 ; 

 trappy fences, 318; natural 

 courses, 318 ; old-fashioned 

 fences, 319 ; how to restore 

 the popularity of chasing, 320; 

 Dick Christian on fencing, 

 321 ; how a horse lands over 

 a jump, 321 ; riding the race, 

 324 ; starting, 329 ; know- 

 ledge of pace, 331 ; waiting 

 infront, 332 ; jumpingstraight, 

 334; the finish, 332-335; 

 local meetings, 346 ; a card, 

 347 ; the Brocklesby meeting, 

 349 ; at Aylesbury, 349 ; un- 

 scrupulous devices at local 

 meetings, 349 ; suspected 

 horses, 350 ; stewards, 351 ; 

 Blackmoor Vale point-to-point 

 steeple-chase, 352 ; military 

 meetings, 353 ; Grand Na- 

 tional Hunt, 354 ; famous 

 chasers and their riders, 356 ; 

 Lottery, 356 ; Jem Mason, 



