INDEX 



341 



Hunters, treatment of, in August 

 and September, 170 



treatment of, after a " very 



hard day," 75 



Mr Weedon's method of 



sweating, 186 



small quantity of green 



food during the summer 

 sufificient, 239 



beneficia. effects of wash- 

 ing with warm water and 

 soap, 240 



detailed treatment of six, 



the property of the author, 245 



Hunting, strong work indis- 

 pensable the day before, 84 



Huntsman and a gentleman, 

 anecdote of, 20 



Indoor system, proof of the 



superiority of, 99 

 Interfering, 285 

 Introduction, i 



Jersey, Lord, treatment of 



hunters belonging to, 153 

 Job, sublime description of the 



horse by, 2 

 Johnson, Dr Samuel, definition 



of the word " condition," 25 

 Julius Cassar, British cavalry 



famous in the time of, 7 



Lampas, 290 



Legs, big, 290 



Lindo, Mr, an account of the 



clipper, 14 

 Lockley, Mr, treatment of a 



favourite hunter, 152 



Mansfield, Lord, anecdote 



concerning, 164 

 Mantidamun (Major Pigot's), 



constitutional peculiarity of, 



186 

 Mare, best sort to breed from, 



208 

 Mares, preference given to, by 



the Arabians, 13 

 prejudice against, to be 



lamented, 12 

 Mashes, use and abuse of bran, 



94 



Maynard. Lord, anecdote of, 19 

 Meteora, performances of, 13 

 Moulting season, precautions to 



be taken, 159 

 Muscles, spasmodic contraction 



of the midriff or diaphragm 



after severe exertion, 175 

 Mytton, Jack, high leap cleared 



by " Hero," 4 



Nature, the power of art over, 



66 

 Nerving (neurectomy), 293 

 Nicks, a highwayman, per- 

 formance of, 54 



Oats, old, the best for hunters, 

 190 



Objections to the indoors 

 system answered, 205 



October, reasons for not hunt- 

 ing in the month of, 206 



Old lady and her carriage 

 horses, anecdote of, 47 



Osprey (Lord Foley's), con- 

 stitutional peculiarity of, 185 



Overmark, symptoms of, 81 



Over-reach, 84 



Paddocks, advantages of, 46 

 Pennant, Mr, on English horses, 



6 

 Physic, dangers of too strong, 



157 



and its action, 294 



Precautions to be taken during 



the moulting season, 159 



Race-horses, Lord Grosvenor 

 as a great breeder of, 12 



formerly given to, 57 



Rest, ill effects of too much, 90 



misconceived idea that a 



summer's run affords, to a 

 horse, 262 

 Ring-bone, 299 

 Roaring and whistling, 300 



Salt, 304 



Salt marshes, on the benefit 

 arising from allowing a 

 summer's run in such, 233 



