340 THE CONDITION OF HUNTERS 



Exercise, instruction regarding, 



122 



advantages of walking, in 



summer, 151 

 benefits resulting from, 210 



Farmer, an opinion upon the 



treatment of hunters, 1 1 1 

 Farmers, advice to, re breeding 



horses, 208 

 Feet, contracted, effect of 



disease, 128 

 Ferryman, a hunter, particulars 



of, 65 

 Firing, remarks on, 288 

 Flannel bandages, utility of, 82 

 Foals, early treatment of, 209 

 Forrester, Mr, of Willy Hall, 



anecdote of, 28 

 Foulness, distinctive features of, 



163 

 treatment for, 167 



Goodrich, Sir H., treatment 

 of hunters in summer, 255 



Goosander, notice of, 74 



Grafton, Duke of, turf winnings 

 during the year 1822, 12 



Graham, Sir B., opinion of the 

 indoor system, 235 



Green meat, advantage of stint- 

 ing hunters in, 239 



Groom, necessary qualifications 

 of, 97 



Grosvenor, Lord, a great 

 breeder of race-horses, 1 1 



Hack, difficulty of procuring a 



good one, 13 

 requisite qualifications of 



a safe one, 1 3 

 mode of trying the paces 



of, 16 

 Hard meat versus green meat, 107 

 Hay, daily allowance of, for a 



hunter, 58 



on the improper use of, 96 



the best kind of, for 



hunters, 189 

 Hay and water, the proper 



allowance of, on the day be- 

 fore hunting, 80 



Health, the three great points 



to be attended to in the 



preservation of, 164 

 Hermit, the celebrated hunter, 



particulars of, 64 

 Hero, Jack Mytton's horse, 



wonderful leap taken by, 4 

 Horses, held in high esteem by 



the Ancients, 2 



the best and fleetest of 



animals, 5 



description of, by a 



Frenchman, 6 



fabulous origin of, 7 



high honours paid by 



Ancients, 10 



and men, analogy be- 

 tween, as to condition, 72 



comparison of, to the 



organ, 87 



best method of treating, 



when in stable, 193 



skin, beauty of, when in 



condition, 71 



sensibly affected by 



change of weather, 76 



Hunter, practical information 

 on sweating in the middle of 

 August, 170 



Hunters, elegance of form of 

 English, 4 



danger of turning out, 



during the summer months, 37 



high condition of Lord 



Sefton's, 136 



objections to turning out, 



for a summer's run at grass, 33 



treatment of, during the 



summer in order to obtain 

 " condition," 43 



turning out, under certain 



circumstances highly bene- 

 ficial, 46 



remarks on the old system 



of treating, 48 



system proposed on taking 



up from summering, 49 



advice relating to feeding 



and watering, 59 



treatment of, after a hard 



day, 17s 



treatment of, during the 



summer, 99 



