342 THE CONDITION OF HUNTERS 



Sand-crack, treatment and 

 nature of, 304 



Sefton, Lord, superior condition 

 of the hunters belonging to, 36 



Selection of hunters, 327 



Shoeing a hunter against self- 

 inflicted injuries, 84 



Skin, state of, as a criterion of 

 health, 172 



Sore back, 314 



Soundness of hunters, 333 



Spavin bone, 309 



Splint, 308 



Sportsman, strong prejudice 

 against mares, 12 



Sprained tendons, 312 



Stable and stable management, 



359 



Stable, to be good, must be 

 warm and dry, 69 



best method of treatment 



of horse when in, 192 



temperature of, 74 



Stawell's, Lord, recipe for deli- 

 cate feeders, 180 



String-halt, a few words re- 

 specting, 311 



Strong work necessary on day 

 before hunting, 93 



Summer, treatment of hunters 

 during, 99 



_ of 1825 and the author's 



six hunters, 245 



Summering hunters in the field, 

 evils attending this system, 1 5 1 



in the stable, and at 



pasture, a comparison re cost 

 of keep, 247 



Sweating, the benefits of gentle, 

 often refuted, 91 



details of practical in- 

 formation regarding a hunter 

 in August, 170 



Sweating hunters, Mr Weedon's 

 method, 186 



Tartary, famous for its breed 



of horses, 9 

 Teeth, age indicated by, 302 

 Thorns in legs, difficulty often 



experienced in finding, 324 

 Thornton, Colonel, anecdote 



concerning, 130 

 Thoroughpin, 326 

 Timid animals hardest to be 



tamed, and why, 5 

 Training, remarks on, 89 

 Treatment in cases of overwork, 



81 



after a very hard day, 175 



Trotting match, particulars of, 



19 



Vetches when in pod bad for 

 horses, 45 



Victoria (Lord Oxford), con- 

 stitutional peculiarity of, 185 



Water, importance of quantity, 



80 

 change of, soon affects 



horses in condition, 190 

 Weedon, Mr, notice of, 151 

 Wind-galls, nature, etc., of, 326 

 Winnnigs of the Duke of Grafton 



on the turf in 1822, 12 

 Winter's run, advantages of, 



regarding the legs and feet, 46 

 Wisdom, infinity of divine, i 



York (Major Pigot's), con- 

 stitutional peculiarity of, 186 



Young hound and a dying fox, 

 anecdote of, 183 



